Aristophanes

Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, volume 02

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H. G. Wells



The Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, is a work of enormous proportions. Setting out with the simple goal of offer…

The Frogs

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Aristophanes



Athens is in a sorry state of affairs. The great tragedian, Euripides, is dead, and Dionysus, the god of the theater, has to listen to third…

The Clouds

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Aristophanes



Strepsiades is an Athenian burdened with debt from a bad marriage and a spendthrift son. He resolves to go to the Thinking Shop, where he c…

Lysistrata

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Aristophanes



Lysistrata read by a group of college students.First performed in classical Athens c. 411 B.C.E., Aristophanes’ “Lysistrata” is the original…

Lysistrata (version 2)

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Aristophanes



Lysistrata has had enough. She is tired of the constant war that is ravaging Greece and has come up with a solution: Together with female fr…

Lysistrata (version 3)

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Aristophanes



The women of Athens are sick of the Peloponnesian war that has dragged on for year after year after year, causing great hardship to everyo…

The World's Best Poetry, Volume 5: Nature (Part 1)

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Various



The fifth of ten volumes of poetry edited by Canadian poet laureate Bliss Carman (1861-1929). This collection, the first of two parts, inclu…

Chorus of Women

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Aristophanes



LibriVox volunteers bring you 16 recordings of Chorus of Women by Aristophanes. This was the Weekly Poetry project for October 21, 2012.Aris…

The Acharnians (Billson Translation)

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Aristophanes



Loaded with cryptic, nearly indecipherable inside jokes and double entendres, this early comedy of Aristophanes has a simple, anti-war premi…

Peace

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Aristophanes



The 'Peace' was brought out four years after 'The Acharnians' (422 B.C.), when the War had already lasted ten years. The leading motive is t…

Ecclesiazusae

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Aristophanes



Στην αρχαια Αθηνα οι γυναικες αποφασισαν να παρουν την εξουσια απο τους αντρες για να λυσουν τα προβληματα του κρατους και των πολιτων. Λεγε…

The World's Best Poetry, Volume 9: Tragedy and Humor (Part 1)

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The ninth of ten volumes of poetry edited by Canadian poet laureate Bliss Carman (1861-1929). This collection, the first of two parts, inclu…

The Birds

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Aristophanes



"The Birds' differs markedly from all the other Comedies of Aristophanes which have come down to us in subject and general conception. …

The Drama: A Quarterly Review

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This is a collection of theatrical essays from the American quarterly The Drama, including six non-fiction works -- 3 profiles: Schnitzler, …