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Lysistrata - The Acharnians - The Clouds

By Aristophanes, Alan H. Sommerstein (Translator)

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| Hardcover | 9780140442878

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Book Description

Aristophanes (c.447-c.385 B.C.), a contemporary of Socrates, was the last and greatest of the Old Attic comedians.

Only eleven of his plays survive, and this volume contains Lysistrata, the hilariously bawdy anti-war fantasy; The Acharnians, a plea for peace set against Continue

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Aristophanes is a master of Greek comedy! And he is one of the few playwright that actually depicted females as intelligent beings!
A very good read, a little bit of Greek history of the period will help you enjoy it even more.

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