Marrying deft social commentary to a rich, earthy comedy, the three comedies collected in Aristophanes'and The Frogs and Other Playsand offers a unique insight into one of the most turbulent periods in Ancient Greek history. This Penguin Classics edition is translated by David Barrett...

The Acharnians/The Clouds/Lysistrata'We women have the salvation of Greece in our hands'Writing at a time of political and social crisis in Athens, the ancient Greek comic playwright Aristophanes was an eloquent, yet bawdy, challenger to the demagogue and the sophist. Inand Lysistrataand andand The...

Offering a window into the world of ordinary Athenians, Aristophanes'and The Birds and Other Playsand is a timeless set of comedies, combining witty satire and raucous slapstick to wonderful effect. This Penguin Classics edition is translated from the Greek by David Barrett and Alan...