Aristophanes

James Robson

earliest edition we have, 2009 Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 2013

Lysistrata is the most notorious of Aristophanes' comedies. First staged in 411 BCE, its action famously revolves around a sex strike launched by the women of Greece in an attempt to force their husbands to end the war. With its risqué humour, vibrant battle of the sexes, and themes of war and peace, Lysistrata remains as daring and thought-provoking today as it would have been for its original audience in Classical...

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Aristophanes edition · 2023 · Bloomsbury Publishing Plc · 9781350090309
Aristophanes edition · 2023 · Bloomsbury Publishing Plc · 9781350090316
Aristophanes edition · 2022 · Bloomsbury Publishing Plc · 9781350090330
Aristophanes edition · 2022 · Bloomsbury Publishing Plc · 9781350090323
Aristophanes edition · 2013 · Bloomsbury Publishing Plc · 9781306721981
Aristophanes edition · 2013 · Bloomsbury Publishing Plc · 9781472519627
Aristophanes edition · 2013 · Bloomsbury Publishing Plc · 9781472519610
Aristophanes edition · 2009 · Duckworth · 244 pages · 9780715634523

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