Lysistrata

Name: Lysistrata
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ISBN: 9780198144960

ISBN-10: 0198144962

ISBN-13: 9780198144960

Edition: 1987 (Reprint)

Authors: Aristophanes, Jeffrey Henderson

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In addition to its many topical references to social life, religion, and politics in classical Athens, the Lysistrata is one of our best sources for the life of women in antiquity: unlike epic, tragedy, and oratory, Attic comedy draws its characters and plots from everyday life and provides a unique glimpse into the situation of everyday Athenians. Henderson's standard edition of Aristophanes' play provides much new evidence for those working on anthropological and sociological aspects of Athens, as well as those working in traditional philological fields. The text is brought fully up to date with the advances made in Aristophanic scholarship over the past sixty years. In particular, it is…

Book details

List price: $59.00
Copyright year: 1987
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 8/9/1990
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 308
Size: 4.92" wide x 7.28" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.682
Language: English

Jeffrey Henderson is William Goodwin Aurelio Professor of Greek Language and Literature at Boston University. He is General Editor of the Loeb Classical LibraryÂ®.



Abbreviations


Introduction


Lysistrata and the events of 411


The character of the play


Dramatis personae


Production


The Spartan dialect


The history of the text


Notes on lyric analyses


Sigla


Hypotheses


Dramatis personae


Text


Commentary


Indexes