num_pages: 60
description: The original edition of The Lysistrata of Aristofanes was published by Leonard Smithers in 1896 in an edition of 100 copies, translated by Samuel Smith and with eight full-page illustrations by Aubrey Beardsley. Beardsley (1872 – 1898) was an English illustrator and author whose drawings, executed in black ink and influenced by the style of Japanese woodcuts, emphasized the grotesque, the decadent, and the erotic. He converted to Catholicism in March 1897, and begged Smithers to destroy his obscene drawings. His publisher ignored Beardsley’s wishes and actually continued to sell reproductions as well as forgeries of Beardsley’s work.
language: English
title: The Lysistrata
titlecomplete: The Lysistrata
characters: Lysistrata
genres: Fiction, Plays, Humor, Theatre, Classics, Drama, Comedy, Feminism, Literature, School
ratings_count: 42078
places: Greece
publisher: Academy Editions