Lysistrata by Aristophanes
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"Lysistrata" by Aristophanes is an ancient Greek comedy first staged in 411 BCE. When the Peloponnesian War drags on endlessly, an Athenian woman named Lysistrata devises a bold plan: convince women from all warring Greek city-states to withhold sex from their husbands until peace is negotiated. Leading a rebellion that includes seizing the Acropolis and its treasury, Lysistrata sparks a battle between the sexes that tests whether desire or duty will prevail
in this audacious comedy about war and power. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Aristophanes, 447? BCE-386? BCE |
|---|---|
| Illustrator | Lindsay, Norman, 1879-1969 |
| Translator | Lindsay, Jack, 1900-1990 |
| Title | Lysistrata |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lysistrata |
| Credits |
Produced by Ted Garvin, David Widger and the Distributed Proofreaders Team |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 83.6 (6th grade). Easy to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | PA: Language and Literatures: Classical Languages and Literature |
| Subject | Comedy plays |
| Subject | Greek drama (Comedy) -- Translations into English |
| 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 | Aristophanes -- Translations into English |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 7700 |
| Release Date | Mar 1, 2005 |
| Last Update | Nov 2, 2012 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 12181 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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