num_pages: 98
description: 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 ancient warfare, classical Greek rationalism, Athenian women, Athenian democracy and the Athenian festivals-offer lively and informative discussions not only of Aristophanes, but of the broader fifth-century social, political, and cultural context as well.
language: English
title: Lysistrata
titlecomplete: Lysistrata
characters: Lysistrata
genres: Theatre, School, Drama, Plays, Literature, Comedy, Classics, Feminism, Fiction, Humor
ratings_count: 42068
places: Greece
publisher: Mentor - New American Library