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  • Aristophanes: Four Plays

    Clouds, Birds, Lysistrata, Women of the Assembly

    by Aristophanes ...
    Translated by Aaron Poochigian ...
    Capturing the antic outrageousness and lyrical brilliance of antiquity’s greatest comedies, Aaron Poochigian’s Aristophanes: Four Plays brings these classic dramas to vivid life for a twenty-first century audience.The citizens of ancient Athens enjoyed a freedom of speech as broad as our own. This freedom, parrhesia, the right to say what one pleased, how and when one pleased, and to whom, had no ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • The Eleven Plays of Aristophanes

    by Aristophanes ...
    All 11 comedies, literally translated. Two volumes in one file. Includes: Knights, Acharnians, Peace, Lysistrata, The Clouds, The Wasps, The Birds, The Frogs, The Thesmophoriazusae, The Ecclesiazusae, and Plutus. According to Wikipedia: "Aristophanes (ca. 446 BCE ca. 386 BCE), son of Philippus, of the deme Cydathenaus, was a prolific and much acclaimed, comic playwright of ancient Athens. Eleven ... Read more

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  • Lysistrata and Other Plays

    by Aristophanes ...
    Translated by Alan H. Sommerstein ...
    The Acharnians/The Clouds/Lysistrata'We women have the salvation of Greece in our hands'Writing at a time of political and social crisis in Athens, the ancient Greek comic playwright Aristophanes was an eloquent, yet bawdy, challenger to the demagogue and the sophist. In Lysistrata and The Acharnians, two pleas for an end to the long war between Athens and Sparta, a band of women on a sex strike ... Read more

    $11.39 USD

  • The Clouds

    by Aristophanes ...
    The Clouds can be considered not only the world's first extant 'comedy of ideas' but also a brilliant and successful example of that genre. The play gained notoriety for its caricature of the philosopher Socrates ever since its mention in Plato's Apology as a factor contributing to the old man's trial and execution. ... Read more

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  • The Birds and Other Plays

    by Aristophanes ...
    Translated by Alan H. Sommerstein, David Barrett ...
    The plays in this volume all contain Aristophanes' trademark bawdy comedy and dazzling verbal agility. In THE BIRDS, two frustrated Athenians join the birds to build the utopian city of 'Much Cuckoo in the Clouds'. THE KNIGHTS is a venomous satire on Cleon, a prominent Athenian demagogue, while THE ASSEMBLY WOMEN deals with the battle of the sexes as the women of Athens infiltrate the all-male ... Read more

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  • The Wasps

    by Aristophanes ...
    “It’s this that grieves us most of all, to see men who have never served or held either lance or oar in defense of their country, enriching themselves at our expense without ever raising a blister on their hands.”Aristophanes' The Wasps is a timeless comedy, combining witty satire and raucous slapstick to delightful effect. Modern critics have acclaimed it as a perfectly realized fantasy, ... Read more

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  • The Birds

    A Play

    by Aristophanes ...
    Birds rule the sky—and man—in this entertaining work by the Ancient Greek playwright known for Lysistrata and The Clouds.This award-winning comedy—first performed in Greece in 414 BC—remains a delightful read even after two millennia. As the birds of Athens express their frustration about sharing a realm with humans, they hatch a plan to build their own empire in the sky: Cloud-cuckoo-land. Soon ... Read more

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  • Lysistrata (Illustrated and Annotated)

    by Aristophanes ...
    Lysistrata is a comedy by Aristophanes. First performed in classical Athens in , it is a comic account of one woman's extraordinary mission to end the Peloponnesian War. Lysistrata persuades the women of Greece to withhold sexual privileges from their husbands and lovers as a means of forcing the men to negotiate peace â a strategy, however, that inflames the battle between the sexes. The play is ... Read more

    $2.99 USD

  • The Birds (Annotated)

    by Aristophanes ...
    The plot of the play revolves around Pisthetaerus, an Athenian who convinces the birds to create a great city in the sky, and thus regain their status as the original gods. Pisthetaerus eventually transforms into a bird-like god himself, and replaces Zeus as the king of the gods. ... Read more

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  • LYSISTRATA

    by ARISTOPHANES ...
    Lysistrata by Aristophanes is a comedic masterpiece set against the backdrop of the Peloponnesian War. In a bold attempt to end the war, the women of Greece withhold their affections from their men until peace is achieved. With Aristophanes' sharp wit and satirical approach, Lysistrata offers a humorous critique of war and gender roles. It's a classic that still rings true, challenging societal ... Read more

    $0.51 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

    Also available as: Audiobooks

    Also available as: Audiobooks

  • The Frogs

    by Aristophanes ...
    Series series Penguin Little Black Classics
    'Ko-ax, ko-ax, ko-ax!Now listen, you musical twerps,I don't give a damn for your burps!'A biting comedy from the great Ancient Greek playwright.One of 46 new books in the bestselling Little Black Classics series, to celebrate the first ever Penguin Classic in 1946. Each book gives readers a taste of the Classics' huge range and diversity, with works from around the world and across the centuries - ... Read more

    $2.67 USD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Lysistrata by Aristophanes

    by Aristophanes ...
    Series series Halcyon Classics
    LYSISTRATA is a classic Old Comedy set during the Peloponnesian War (431-404 BC). Wearied by 20 years of war, Lysistrata persuades the women of Athens to withhold sexual favors from their husbands and lovers as a means of forcing them to negotiate peace with Sparta.Aristophanes (c.446 BC - c.386 BC) was a comic playwright of ancient Athens. Eleven of his approximately forty plays survive, ... Read more

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