{"product_id":"9780140448146-lysistrata-and-other-plays","title":"Lysistrata and Other Plays","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCollecting three comedies that show Aristophanes tackling the consequences of war and social upheaval in Athens with his characteristic wit, this title shows the political and social crisis in Athens, Aristophanes was an eloquent, yet bawdy challenger to the demagogue and the sophist.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Acharnians\/The Clouds\/Lysistrata\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'We women have the salvation of Greece in our hands'\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWriting 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 \u003ci\u003eLysistrata\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Acharnians\u003c\/i\u003e, two pleas for an end to the long war between Athens and Sparta, a band of women on a sex strike and a lone peasant respectively defeat the political establishment. The darker comedy of \u003ci\u003eThe Clouds\u003c\/i\u003e satirizes Athenian philosophers, Socrates in particular, and reflects the uncertainties of a generation in which all traditional religious and ethical beliefs were being challenged. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTranslated with an Introduction and Notes by Alan H. Sommerstein\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56675620520310,"sku":"9780140448146","price":8.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/stand_34129538.jpg?v=1763355400","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9780140448146-lysistrata-and-other-plays","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}