Wasps And Other Plays by Aristophanes
A lively collection of Old Comedy that skewers Athenian politics, law, and culture through outrageous plots, sharp satire, and bawdy choral spectacle. The plays lampoon a litigious society with an elderly juror addicted to courtroom power, imagine bold bids to halt a grinding war, and dream up fantastical new communities in the sky, mixing slapstick, puns, and topical mockery to expose civic follies and the excesses of demagogues and intellectual fashions.
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