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Writing at a time when Athens was undergoing a crisis in its social attitudes, Aristophanes was an eloquent opponent of the demagogue and the sophist. This collection includes "Lysistrata", the hilariously bawdy anti-war fantasy; "The Acharnians", a plea for peace set against the background of the long war with Sparta; and "The Clouds", a satire on contemporary philosophy.
| ISBN | 0140448144 | | Pages | 304 | | ISBN13 | 9780140448146
(What's this?) | | Volumes | 1 | | Publisher | Penguin Books Ltd | | Weight (grammes) | 225 | | Imprint | Penguin Classics | | Published in | London | | Format | Paperback | | Series editor | Ingham, Patricia | | Publication date | 30 Jan 2003 | | Series title | Penguin Classics S. | | Translator | Alan H. Sommerstein | | Previous ISBN | 9780140442878 | | Writer of introduction | Sommerstein, Alan | | Height (mm) | 198 | | Library of Congress | 2003269449 | | Width (mm) | 129 | | DEWEY | 882.01 | | Spine width (mm) | 17 | | DEWEY edition | DC21 | | Academic level | General |
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| | | Chronology | | | | | | Introduction | | | | | | Further Reading | | | | | | Translator's Note | | | | | | Note on the Text | | | | | | Preface to The Acharnians | | 3 | | | | The Acharnians | | 13 | | | | Preface to The Clouds | | 65 | | | | The Clouds | | 75 | | | | Preface to Lysistrata | | 133 | | | | Lysistrata | | 141 | | | | Notes | | 195 |
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