Lysistrata
Main Author: | Aristophanes. |
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Other Authors: | Parker, Douglass. |
Format: | Books Print Book |
Language: | English Ancient Greek |
Published: |
New York :
New American Library,
1970, c1964.
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Series: |
Mentor ;
ME2495 The Mentor Greek comedy |
Physical Description: |
128 p. ; 18 cm. |
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ISBN: |
0451624955 |
Author Notes: |
Aristophanes was first a satirist, he was well known for attacking anything from politics to poets, mainly the war between Sparta and Athens and the poet Euripides. He wrote more than 40, eleven of which are still being acted today. "The Acharnians" was his first play, written in 425, B.C.. This was the first of his plays in reaction to the war, as well as the play "Peace." But perhaps Aristophanes most famous play, Lysistrata, made his true feelings of the war known. In this play, the women seek peace by claiming celibacy until the fighting is stopped. It is the play that he is most famous for, for capturing the feeling of the people in a way that was both lighthearted and poignant. Aristophanes died three years after the war ended, in 385, B.C.,but left behind a legacy that has lasted to the present day. (Bowker Author Biography) |