| #56883 in Books | Hackett Pub Co | 2003-03-01 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | 8.25 x5.50 x.25l,.35 | File type: PDF | 126 pages | Great product!||2 of 2 people found the following review helpful.| Fed up with endless war?...|By John P. Jones III|Well, then, this play should resonate… including the effective method of bringing it to an end. During yet another long war – the American involvement in Vietnam – I became aware of this play, but regrettably never saw a production of it, nor read it. Proving that numerous “classics” are never &ldqu||A perfect Lysistrata for the new millennium: rich apparatus and a sparkling, metrical, accurate translation of this inexhaustible treasure of a play. --Rachel Hadas, Rutgers University
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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.
You easily download any file type for your device.Lysistrata (Hackett Classics) | Aristophanes. Which are the reasons I like to read books. Great story by a great author.
