Aristophanes: Four Plays: Clouds, Birds, Lysistrata, Women of the Assembly by Aristophanes

Aristophanes: Four Plays: Clouds, Birds, Lysistrata, Women of the Assembly

Meridian Classics

Aristophanes with Aaron Poochigian (Translator)

432 pages missing pub info (editions)

fiction classics play challenging reflective slow-paced

Description

The citizens of ancient Athens enjoyed a freedom of speech as broad as our own. This freedom, parrhesia, the right to say what one pleased, how and when one pleased, and to whom, had no more fervent champion than the brilliant fifth-century comic ...

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Community Reviews Summary of 176 reviews

Moods

funny 100%
challenging 50%
reflective 50%

Pace

slow 50%
medium 50%

Plot- or character-driven?

Plot: 100%

Strong character development?

N/A: 100%

Loveable characters?

It's complicated: 100%

Diverse cast of characters?

Yes: 100%

Flaws of characters a main focus?

Yes: 100%

Average rating

3.97

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