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Lysistrata - A New Verse Translation (Paperback)
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Lysistrata - A New Verse Translation (Paperback)
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Loot Price R367
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Aristophanes, a native Athenian and the leading exponent of Greek
comedy, was born c. 450 BCE. Today forty-three of his plays are
known by title; eleven survive. The most famous of these is the
whimsical fantasy Lysistrata. A perennial classroom and stage
favorite as well as the basis of Spike Lee's Chi-Raq, the play is
as relevant today as it was 2,500 years ago. The premise is
simplicity itself: to end the Peloponnesian War, women decide to
withhold sex from their husbands until the fighting stops. The play
is by turns raucous, bawdy, frantic, and funny. David Mulroy's
exciting new translation retains the original's verse format, racy
jokes, and vibrancy - setting it apart from previous efforts, which
are typically reproduced as prose or depart from meaning and meter.
His introduction offers a concise summary of Aristophanes' life and
social milieu, including a brief overview of the Peloponnesian War,
which took place during the playwright's lifetime. The appendices
include guides on translating meter and Greek pronunciation for
aspiring thespians.
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