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Author: Aristophanes

📘 Acharnians ; Knights by Aristophanes

First publish date: 1998

Genre: Drama & Plays/Comedy Plays

Authors: Aristophanes

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📘 Lysistrata

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Aristophanes’ comic play set in wartime Athens shows a female coalition, led by Lysistrata, who withholds sex from their husbands to force an end to the Peloponnesian War.

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Aristophanes' comedy *Knights* (424 B.C.) delivers a sharp anti‑war satire, condemning Athens' involvement in the Peloponnesian war through biting dialogue and comedic critique of contemporary politicians.

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Nine paperback volumes of Euripides’ Greek tragedies translated by Grene and Lattimore are a comprehensive, scholarly collection highly regarded by scholars, students and general readers alike.

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Aristophanes’ comedy "Acharnians" delivers a sharp, festive critique of wartime Athens, mocking pro-war advocates while satirizing contemporary politics and society during the Peloponnesian conflict.

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📘 Theophrasti Characteres

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A collection of thirty concise character sketches by Theophrastus, each illustrating a single fault, alongside newly translated mime fragments from Sophron and anonymous sources, offering insight into Hellenistic portraiture and the comedic tradition.

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📘 Birds ; Lysistrata ; Assembly-women ; Wealth

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📘 Peace

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📘 Lysistrata and Other Plays

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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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