{"product_id":"lysistrata-and-other-plays-isbn-9780140448146","title":"Lysistrata and Other Plays","description":"\u003cb\u003eThree plays by the comedian of Ancient Greece\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWriting at the time of political and social crisis in Athens, Aristophanes was an eloquent yet bawdy challenger to the demagogue and the sophist.\u003ci\u003e The Achanians\u003c\/i\u003e is a plea for peace set against the background of the long war with Sparta. In \u003ci\u003eLysistrata \u003c\/i\u003ea band of women tap into the awesome power of sex in order to end a war. 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\u003cp\u003eFor more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.\u003c\/p\u003eLysistrata and Other PlaysChronology\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003eFurther Reading\u003cbr\u003eTranslator's Note\u003cbr\u003eNote on the Text\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003ePreface to \u003ci\u003eThe Acharnians\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHE ACHARNIANS\u003cbr\u003ePreface to \u003ci\u003eThe Clouds\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHE CLOUDS\u003cbr\u003ePreface to \u003ci\u003eLysistrata\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLYSISTRATA\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNotes\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eAristophanes\u003c\/b\u003e was born, probably in Athens, c. 449 BC and died between 386 and 380 BC.  Little is known about his life, but there is a portrait of him in Plato's \u003ci\u003eSymposium\u003c\/i\u003e.  He was twice threatened with prosecution in the 420s for his outspoken attacks on the prominent politician Cleon, but in 405 he was publicly honored and crowned for promoting Athenian civic unity in\u003ci\u003e The Frogs\u003c\/i\u003e.  Aristophanes had his first comedy produced when he was about twenty-one, and wrote forty plays in all.  The eleven surviving plays of Aristophanes are published in the Penguin Classics series as \u003ci\u003eThe Birds and Other Plays\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLysistrata and Other Plays\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Wasps\/The Poet\u003c\/i\u003e and the \u003ci\u003eWomen\/The Frogs\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAlan H. Sommerstein\u003c\/b\u003e is head of the classics department at Nottingham.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Classics","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46302908186853,"sku":"NP9780140448146","price":12.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780140448146.jpg?v=1767731998","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/lysistrata-and-other-plays-isbn-9780140448146","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}