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«Lysistrate» is Aristophanes' comedy, published by Reclam in paperback (79 pages, in German).
During the Peloponnesian War, the women of Athens, led by Lysistrata, refuse to have sexual relations with their husbands until they agree to peace. The comedy mixes sexual humour with political and social criticism, and offers an ironic view of classical Athens and the role of women in antiquity.
Edition of Reclam's Universal-Bibliothek (no. 6890), with a translation by Ludwig Seeger and annotations and an epilogue by Otto Seel. Original title: Λυσιστράτη (Lysistrata).
For students of classical literature and theatre, and for those who wish to read Aristophanes in German.
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.
