LYSISTRATA / THE ACHARNIANS / THE CLOUDS by Aristophanes

 Aristophanes (c.447 - c.386 BC), a contemporary of Socrates, was the last and greatest of the Old Attic Comedians.  Only eleven of his plays survive, and this volume contains Lysistrata, the hilariously bawdy anti-war fantasy; The Acharnians, a plea for peace and set against the background of the long war with Sparta; and The Clouds, a satire on contemporary philosophy.  Writing at a time when Athens was undergoing a crisis of political identity, Aristophanes was an eloquent opponent of the demagogue and the sophist, and his comedy reveals a deep sympathy and longing for the return of a peaceful and honest way of life.

Soft cover, good condition.