by Aristophanes · Dover Publications Inc · tapa blanda · ISBN 0800759282258
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«Lysistrata» is the Greek comedy by Aristophanes, published by Dover Publications Inc. in paperback (64 pages, in English).
In the midst of the Peloponnesian War, Lysistrata persuades the women of Athens and the other Greek cities to refuse their husbands' beds until the men negotiate peace. With humour and satire, the comedy criticises war and the place of women in the polis, as well as relations between the sexes.
It is part of the Dover Thrift Editions: Plays collection and was published in 1994.
For students of classical literature and readers interested in ancient Greek theatre; recommended reading from age 14.
Aristophanes was an Ancient Greek comic playwright from Athens. He wrote forty plays, of which eleven survive virtually complete. The majority of his surviving plays belong to the genre of comic drama known as Old Comedy and are considered its most valuable examples. Aristophanes's plays were performed at the religious festivals of Athens, mostly the City Dionysia and the Lenaia, and several of them won the first prize in their respective competitions.
