# Lysistrata and Other Plays

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- Authors: [Aristophanes](https://www.bookquiver.com/aristophanes)
- Publisher: penguin_classics
- ISBN: 978-01-4044-814-6
- Pages: 304
- Published: 2003-01-30
- Language: en_GB
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

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.