by Aristófanes, Carmen Vilela Gallego · Tapa blanda · ISBN 9788469171660
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«Lisístrata» is the Greek comedy by Aristophanes, translated by Carmen Vilela Gallego, published by Prosopón in paperback (105 pages, in Spanish).
In the midst of the Peloponnesian War, Lysistrata persuades the women of Greece to deny their beds to their husbands until the men lay down their arms and sign a peace treaty. The play turns desire into a weapon of collective pressure and, amid misunderstandings and double entendres, laughs at war, power and the relations between men and women.
Edition with introduction, guide and translation by Carmen Vilela Gallego. Original Greek title: Λυσιστράτη.
Will appeal to fans of classical theatre, literature students and readers looking for a satirical comedy with a gender perspective.
Aristophanes was an Ancient Greek comic playwright from Athens. He wrote forty plays, of which eleven survive virtually complete. The majority of his surviving plays belong to the genre of comic drama known as Old Comedy and are considered its most valuable examples. Aristophanes's plays were performed at the religious festivals of Athens, mostly the City Dionysia and the Lenaia, and several of them won the first prize in their respective competitions.
