{"product_id":"lysistrata-and-two-other-plays-women-in-parliament-and-women-at-the-festival-paperback","title":"Lysistrata and Two Other Plays: Women in Parliament and Women at the Festival - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eGeorge Theodoridis\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator), \u003cb\u003eAristophanes\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis volume is a threesome of hilarious comedies which shine a light on the weakness of the powerful and the power in the weak. Views on these two antagonists are challenged and finally reversed. Women are now \"on top.\" The weak and the powerful are thrown into the sand pits of sex and gender and we laugh at the tactics employed by each to get the upper hand.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHis \u003ci\u003eLysistrata\u003c\/i\u003e is the first true feminist in literature, the first activist, the first to disband an army, the first to bring war to an end and the first to organise a sex strike. The first to show us that war and sex are connected.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn his \u003ci\u003eWomen in Parliament\u003c\/i\u003e, he has women \"penetrating\" the epicentre of the men's power, their fortress and the place where they exercise their ego. The activist this time is Praxagora (the woman who is active in the agora, the public, marketplace) They dress themselves in men's clothing (but mustn't kick too high less they reveal their identity) and enter the building well before the men do. Again, the women are the winners and we see the effect of the laws the pass... and, in his \u003ci\u003eWomen at the Festival\u003c\/i\u003e, he depicts their festive behaviour.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 330\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.69 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 12, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42728428240959,"sku":"9798591199685","price":18.83,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/86b8004c6a6703fd9dada2826b4b946d.webp?v=1765118471","url":"https:\/\/dhl-adrianne.myshopify.com\/products\/lysistrata-and-two-other-plays-women-in-parliament-and-women-at-the-festival-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}