{"product_id":"lysistrata-a-new-verse-translation-9780299329846","title":"Lysistrata: A New Verse Translation","description":"Aristophanes, a native Athenian and the leading exponent of Greek comedy, was born c. 450 BCE. Today forty-three of his plays are known by title; eleven survive. The most famous of these is the whimsical fantasy \u003ci\u003eLysistrata\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e A perennial classroom and stage favorite as well as the basis of Spike Lee's \u003ci\u003eChi-Raq\u003c\/i\u003e, the play is as relevant today as it was 2,500 years ago. The premise is simplicity itself: to end the Peloponnesian War, women decide to withhold sex from their husbands until the fighting stops. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The play is by turns raucous, bawdy, frantic, and funny. David Mulroy's exciting new translation retains the original's verse format, racy jokes, and vibrancy-setting it apart from previous efforts, which are typically reproduced as prose or depart from meaning and meter. His introduction offers a concise summary of Aristophanes' life and social milieu, including a brief overview of the Peloponnesian War, which took place during the playwright's lifetime. The appendices include guides on translating meter and Greek pronunciation for aspiring thespians.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/correctionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-10468544\"\u003eAristophanes\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Wisconsin Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/15\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 168\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.40lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.90h x 5.00w x 0.60d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780299329846\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0299329844\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/correctionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-LIT\"\u003eLiterary Criticism\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/correctionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-LIT004190\"\u003eAncient and Classical\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/correctionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-HIS\"\u003eHistory\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/correctionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-HIS002010\"\u003eAncient | Greece\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/correctionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-DRA\"\u003eDrama\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/correctionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-DRA006000\"\u003eAncient \u0026amp; Classical\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDavid Mulroy is a professor emeritus of classics at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. An accomplished and lauded translator of Greek drama, he has published English editions of \u003ci\u003eThe Complete Poetry of Catullus\u003c\/i\u003e, Sophocles' Theban trilogy--\u003ci\u003eOedipus Rex\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eAntigone\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eOedipus at Colonus\u003c\/i\u003e-- and the three plays that make up \u003ci\u003eThe Oresteia\u003c\/i\u003e by Aeschylus--\u003ci\u003eAgamemnon\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLibation Bearers\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Holy Goddesses\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Wisconsin Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45914571800751,"sku":"9780299329846","price":17.27,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0651\/9255\/8767\/files\/img_a6f9414e-64b8-4756-a609-0de75f9bd484.jpg?v=1758827300","url":"https:\/\/www.correctionsbookstore.com\/products\/lysistrata-a-new-verse-translation-9780299329846","provider":"Corrections Bookstore ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}