{"product_id":"lysistrata-and-other-plays-1","title":"Lysistrata and Other Plays","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Acharnians\/The Clouds\/Lysistrata\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'We women have the salvation of Greece in our hands'\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWriting at a time of political and social crisis in Athens, the ancient Greek comic playwright Aristophanes was an eloquent, yet bawdy, challenger to the demagogue and the sophist. In \u003ci\u003eLysistrata\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Acharnians\u003c\/i\u003e, two pleas for an end to the long war between Athens and Sparta, a band of women on a sex strike and a lone peasant respectively defeat the political establishment. 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\u003cbr\u003eTranslated with an Introduction and Notes by Alan H. Sommerstein\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Books Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54232793022808,"sku":"9780140448146","price":18.5,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9780140448146_797197c6-fd3c-4fe3-8005-f2d966104244.jpg?v=1777194050","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/lysistrata-and-other-plays-1","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}