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Signet Classic: A Modern Translation by Douglas Parker.
in this, Aristophanes' most popular play, sex- or lack of it- becomes a powerful agent of reconciliation. As war ravages the mighty city-states of ancient Greece, a band of women, led by Lysistrata of Athens, makes a pact- to deny their husbands all sexual favors until they lay aside their weapons. Dismayed and frustrated, the men retaliate- and a battle of the sexes begins.
Written with bawdy abandon and unparalleled wit, Lysistrata is at once a powerful indictment of the insanity of war, and a sexual comedy without peer in the history of theater. That it remains both popular and accessible to the contemporary reader proves that the issues and themes that make compelling art never grow outdated.
Douglas Parker's translation presents the play in a contemporary language for the modern audience. As The New York Times noted "[Parker] has a range that can encompass the gravity of Aristophanes as well as the delirious and scabrous wit."