Description: The first new edition in almost sixty years, this volume of Aristophanes' Lysistrata brings the play completely up to date with modern scholarship. It provides the first complete account of its history and contains new information about the comic theater and its social and political context. Lysistrata not only brims with topical references to social life, religion, and politics in classical Athens; it is also one of our best sources for information on the life of women in antiquity, offering a unique glimpse of their everyday life.
Review Quotes: "Advanced students and scholars of Greek literature and of the Peloponnesian Wars will find this new text edition indispensable."--Religious Studies Review
"An outstanding commentary, written in a very accessible style."--William Hansen, Indiana University"An excellent book (in both contents and layout) and a much needed one....Henderson has rendered a signal service in increasing understanding of this comic masterpiece....The accompanying commentary is thorough and enlightening, covering everything from probable staging to metrical analysis."--Choice