{"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\u003cbr\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.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"University of Wisconsin Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50635306828050,"sku":"9780299329846","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_4fbc2a1a-4d7b-4fa6-a97c-fba08e434521.jpg?v=1732840180","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/lysistrata-a-new-verse-translation-9780299329846","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}