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Lysistrata

By Aristophanes
Series: Clarendon Paperbacks
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Lysistrata is a classical Greek comedy by Aristophanes that offers a vivid portrayal of social, religious, and political life in ancient Athens. The play uniquely explores the lives of women in antiquity through a comedic narrative, setting it apart from epic, tragedy, and oratory by focusing on everyday characters and plots. It centres on the women of Athens, led by Lysistrata, who unite to end war by withholding intimacy from their husbands.
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Format: Paperback / softback
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This edition is ideal for scholars, students, and readers interested in classical studies, ancient Greek theatre, aristophanic comedy, social history, and philology. It serves well those studying anthropology or sociology related to antiquity and anyone seeking a deeply researched and well-annotated text of Lysistrata.

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Aristophanes' Lysistrata was last edited in 1928, and the last commentary was in 1927; the only previous edition in English appeared in 1911. The present edition brings the play up to date in terms of the advances made in Aristophanic scholarship in the past sixty years.

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In addition to its many topical references to social life, religion, and politics in classical Athens, 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 the first to report all the manuscripts, papyri, and testimonial sources of the text, offering a new account of its history and a detailed review of the transmission of the Aristophanic corpus as a whole. Henderson's text and apparatus criticus is supplemented by a full introduction giving details of the background to the play, its content, staging, philological interest, and the textual transmission, as well as by a detailed commentary.

Series: Clarendon Paperbacks

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Reviews praise the edition by Henderson for its comprehensive scholarship and detailed commentary. A reviewer from Greece and Rome highlights its linguistic and epigraphic insights and excellent indexing. Choice commends it as a much-needed, well-laid-out resource that enhances understanding of the comic masterpiece. Peter Hartley in JACT Review notes its suitability for students and its thorough scholarship. The Journal of Hellenic Studies appreciates the attention to language, vase paintings, metre, and manuscript sources, noting persuasive speech attributions.

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ISBN: 9780198144960

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 21 June 1990

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Clarendon Press

Contributors:

  • Edited by Jeffrey Henderson
  • Edited by Jeffrey Henderson

Audience: Professional and scholarly

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 19.0mm

Width: 123.0mm

Height: 187.0mm

Weight: 301g

Pages: 308

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