Aristophanis Lysistrata by Aristophanes

"Aristophanis Lysistrata" by Aristophanes is an ancient Greek comedy first staged in 411 BCE. When the Peloponnesian War drags on endlessly, Lysistrata devises a bold plan: women from warring Greek city-states will withhold sex from their husbands until peace is negotiated. The women seize the Acropolis and its treasury, igniting a battle between the sexes. As men grow desperate and tensions escalate, this subversive comedy explores power, desire, and women's agency in a male-dominated society. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

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Author Aristophanes, 447? BCE-386? BCE
Translator Brunck, Rich. Fr. Phil. (Richard François Philippe), 1729-1803
Title Aristophanis Lysistrata
Note Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lysistrata
Credits Produced by Carolus Raeticus
Reading Level Reading ease score: 59.2 (10th to 12th grade). Somewhat difficult to read.
Language Latin
LoC Class PA: Language and Literatures: Classical Languages and Literature
Subject Comedy plays
Subject Lysistrata (Fictitious character) -- Drama
Subject Peace movements -- Drama
Subject Women and peace -- Drama
Subject Greece -- History -- Peloponnesian War, 431-404 B.C. -- Drama
Subject Greek drama (Comedy) -- Translations into Latin
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EBook-No. 49764
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Copyright Status Public domain in the USA.
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