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Lysistrata and Other Plays (Paperback)
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Lysistrata and Other Plays (Paperback)
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Loot Price R358
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The acknowledged master of Greek comedy, Aristophanes brilliantly
combines serious political satire with bawdiness, pyrotechnical
bombast with delicate lyrics. "Lysistrata and Other Plays" features
his four most celebrated masterpieces: THE CLOUDS, THE BIRDS,
LYSISTRATA, and THE FROGS. This edition features wonderful
translations of "The Clouds," "The Birds," "Lysistrata," and "The
Frogs." The humor and satire is well-managed within the
translation, particularly within "Lysistrata." The bantering
dialogue within the play is hilarious from the exhortations of the
women to their fellow sisters to abstain from sex with their men
(regardless of their own strong, womanly desires) to the
tongue-in-cheek dialogue between a teasing wife and her impatient
husband, to the final division of land to be 'presented' in the
form of a nude lady acting as a visual aid. "Lysistrata and Other
Plays " includes THE CLOUDS. The most controversial of
Aristophanes' plays, it is a brilliant caricature of the
philosopher Socrates, seen as a wily sophist who teaches men to
cheat through cunning argument. THE BIRDS: This portrayal of a
flawed utopia called Cloudcuckooland is an enchanting escape into
the world of free-flying fantasy that explores the eternal dilemmas
of man on earth. LYSISTRATA: In the twenty-first year of the
Peloponnesian War, the women of Athens and Sparta, tired of the
incessant fighting between their men, resolve to withhold sex from
their husbands until peace is settled. THE FROGS: Visiting the
underworld, the god Dionysus seeks the counsel of the dead
tragedians Aeschylus and Euripides on how to bring good writing
back to Athens. A fierce debate - full of scathing insults and
literary satire - ensues between the two dramatists.
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