Lysistrata - Aristophanes (Hackett)

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Language

English

Reading Age

Adults (18+)

This rollicking new translation of Aristophanes' comic masterpiece is rendered in blank verse for dialogue and in lyric meters and free verse for the songs. Appended commentary essays on Athenian democracy, ancient Greek warfare, Athenian women, and Greek Comedy offer lively and informative discussions not only of Aristophanes, but of the broader fifth-century social, political, and cultural context as well. Pages 136 Publication Date 2003 (2021 reprint) Publisher Hackett Publishing Company I...

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This rollicking new translation of Aristophanes' comic masterpiece is rendered in blank verse for dialogue and in lyric meters and free verse for the songs.

Appended commentary essays on Athenian democracy, ancient Greek warfare, Athenian women, and Greek Comedy offer lively and informative discussions not only of Aristophanes, but of the broader fifth-century social, political, and cultural context as well.

Pages136

Publication Date2003 (2021 reprint)

PublisherHackett Publishing Company

ISBN9780872206038

BindingPaperback

AuthorAristophanes, Sarah Ruden (translator)