Lysistrata.
Arlea| N° d'inventaire | 23512 |
| Format | 11 x 18 |
| Détails | 160 p., paperback. |
| Publication | Paris, 2021 |
| Etat | Nine |
| ISBN | 9782363082503 |
Make love, not war. In the 5th century BC, in the midst of the Peloponnesian War, Aristophanes devised an even more effective slogan: don't make love and the war will stop. A daring Athenian woman, Lysistrata, convinced the women of the Greek cities to go on a sex strike. The same sting then aroused the desire of men, united in the face of their wives' abstinence.
By turns tender or decidedly obscene, male-female relationships are for Aristophanes an opportunity to give free rein to his linguistic inventiveness. This new translation restores the text to its original liveliness and crudeness. The fate of Athens suddenly depends on the transparency of a little yellow dress...
Make love, not war. In the 5th century BC, in the midst of the Peloponnesian War, Aristophanes devised an even more effective slogan: don't make love and the war will stop. A daring Athenian woman, Lysistrata, convinced the women of the Greek cities to go on a sex strike. The same sting then aroused the desire of men, united in the face of their wives' abstinence.
By turns tender or decidedly obscene, male-female relationships are for Aristophanes an opportunity to give free rein to his linguistic inventiveness. This new translation restores the text to its original liveliness and crudeness. The fate of Athens suddenly depends on the transparency of a little yellow dress...