Фантастичен превод на проф. д-р Валериј Софрониевски. Може да се чита и без никакви претходни познавања на античката книжевност.

Very clever and wildly funny at parts. I haven’t read many plus and wasn’t expecting the very explicit nature of some of the humour and it made it even more comedic to read. The chorus was excellent, particularly. With songs leaping off the page like any modern, good musical. The afterward also was really helpful situating it into context. My one gripe is that it does feel a bit long, despite being fairly short at 135 pages of text. But I’m also not super into comedy, let alone old comedy. So, I’m not sure if that’s just not a muscle that’s not been used often enough, or if it really is overlong.

Κλασικός Αριστοφάνης.

Καθαρά αντιπολεμικό έργο, πού βάζει την Γυναίκα στο προσκήνιο κάνοντας την πολεμίστρια για την ειρήνη, στερώντας από τόν εαυτό τής καί από τούς άντρες τό μόνο πράγμα πού και τά δύο φύλα πραγματικά χρειάζονται: τό σεξ.

Έργο γεμάτο αθυροστομία καί χιούμορ, εξυμνεί με έναν περίεργο για την εποχή τού τρόπο την γυναικεία φύση καί εξυπνάδα.

Οι έκδοση έχει πολύ καλή μετάφραση για όποιον δεν διαβάζει αρχαία Ελληνικά.

4.5/5

4/5 Stars (%80/100)

Everyone knows Aristophanes because of Lysistrata, The Clouds or the Frogs. The first book I've read from him was Plutus (Wealth) and I fell in love with it. It was a top-notch comedy with many beautiful elements. However, we are here to talk about Lysistrata.

The main theme of the play is femininity and the discrepancy between women and men. Lysistrata is a very powerful character and a leader. Almost all women in the play are depicted as strong and independent characters. Lysistrata's goal is to end the war between Athens and Sparta. She knows that women cannot just join the war and fight alongside men. (Actually, there are many strong women warriors but that's not the case here.) What they can do is to not have sex with their husbands. In those times all men do is to fight, return home, have sex and go back to war. It is an important aspect of both men's and women's lives.

Lysistrata manages to convince women from various cities to prevent war. Even though some women fail to control their impulses Lysistrata and others manage to do so. Both Athenian and Spartan men go crazy and accept the wishes of women. In the end, there is a huge banquet and everyone celebrates this newly-found peace.

I liked the play in general. Lysistrata's character was well-thought and she shines as a protagonist. Aristophanes was not scared to write extremely sexual descriptions. The conversations between the chorus of old men and women were funny and added to the comedy elements of the play. The peace meeting towards the end was really good. They did not just agree not to fight, they had to give up some strategic places to find common ground, and they did thanks to Lysistrata. The play is also considered to be the first anti-war text of its time.