Lysistrata and other plays / translated with an introduction and notes by Alan H. Sommerstein.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Aristophanes.

Contributor:

Sommerstein, Alan H.

Gotham Book Mart Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Series:

Penguin classics

Language:

English

Greek, Ancient (to 1453)

Subjects (All):

Aristophanes.

Aristophanes--Translations into English.

Lysistrata (Fictitious character)--Drama.

Lysistrata.

Lysistrata (Fictitious character).

Peace movements--Drama.

Peace movements.

Women and peace--Drama.

Women and peace.

Genre:

Comedies.

Drama.

Penn Provenance:

Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copy)

Physical Description:

l, 241 pages ; 20 cm.

Edition:

Revised edition.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Penguin, 2002.

Summary:

Writing at a time of political and social crisis in Athens, Aristophanes (c. 447-c. 385 BC) was an eloquent, yet bawdy, challenger to the demagogue and the sophist. In Lysistrata and The Acharnians, two pleas for an end to the long war between Athens and Sparta, a band of women and a lone peasant respectively defeat the political establishment. The darker comedy of The Clouds satirizes Athenian philosophers, Socrates in particular, and reflects the uncertainties of a generation in which all traditional religious and ethical beliefs were being challenged. For this edition Alan Sommerstein has completely revised his translation of the three plays, bringing out the full nuances of Aristophanes' ribald humour and intricate word play, with a new introduction explaining the historical and cultural background to the plays.

Contents:

The Acharnians

The clouds

Lysistrata.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (page il).

ISBN:

0140448144

OCLC:

52334961