Aristophanes

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ReviewMay 11, 2026

Lysistrata - Aristophanes

At first when I read this I was thinking that it was written with the intention of being extremely progressive towards women's rights, but since this was written o be a comedy and not taken seriously, I have yet to see if Aristophanes was using the theme of t…

@kuangkuenstlerThe revolt of the women

ReviewJun 18, 2025

Very funny

I recently took up learning Greek quite lazily so most of the jokes are not available to me, but it’s still a funny play. I like that Aristophanes takes a break in the middle of the play to complain about the poor reception of the play itself. I think movies…

@hallogalloThe Clouds: and Peace

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