Lysistrata (Mentor Books) (Dover Thrift Editions) (Clarendon Paperbacks)

by Aristophanes

Jeffrey Henderson (Editor) and Sarah Ruden (Translator)

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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.

  • ISBN13 9780872206038
  • Publish Date 1 March 2003 (first published December 1955)
  • Publish Status Active
  • Publish Country US
  • Imprint Hackett Publishing Co, Inc
  • Format Paperback
  • Pages 136
  • Language English