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Lysistrata is the third and last of Aristophanes' peace plays. It is a dream of peace, of how the women could help to achieve an honourable settlement, conceived when Athens was going through its most desperate crisis since the Persian War. This fully annotated English translation of the play presents facing translation, commentary and notes.

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Preface
Addenda 2007
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LYSISTRATA
 Introductory Note
 Note on the Text
 Sigla

Text and Translation
Notes

Aristophanes Lysistrata

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      Publisher: Liverpool University Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 01/01/1998
      ISBN13: 9780856684586, 978-0856684586
      ISBN10: 0856684589
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Lysistrata is the third and last of Aristophanes' peace plays. It is a dream of peace, of how the women could help to achieve an honourable settlement, conceived when Athens was going through its most desperate crisis since the Persian War. This fully annotated English translation of the play presents facing translation, commentary and notes.

      Trade Review
      ‘The scholarship and broad appeal of Sommerstein’s Lysistrata will commend it to individuals and libraries alike.’
      Classical World

      Table of Contents
      Preface
      Addenda 2007
      Select Bibliography
      Bibliography to Lysistrata
      References & Abbreviations

      LYSISTRATA
       Introductory Note
       Note on the Text
       Sigla

      Text and Translation
      Notes

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