- Drama, Lysistrata (Fictitious character), Translations into English, Women and peace
In Aristophanes' most popular play, sex is a powerful agent of reconciliation. As war ravages ancient Greece, a band of women, led by Lysistrata, promise to deny their husbands all sex until they stop fighting. And the battle of the sexes begins.
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Comic, classical in form, prestige and warm.
- gravecomic
- classical in formformally daring
- unpretentiousprestige
- warmbleak
- character-ledplot-driven
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- Author
- Aristophanes
- First published
- 2002
- Pages
- 241
- Publisher
- Penguin USA, Inc., Penguin
- Editions
- 2
- Language
- grc, English
- ISBN
- 9781101156476
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