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Lysistrata

Lysistrata is a Greek comedy by Aristophanes.  In this play, the women withhold sex from their husbands until the Athenian and Spartan men agree to end their fighting and make peace.

 

LINCCWeb online catalog – Search Terms             

  • Aristophanes
  • Aristophanes-Criticism and Interpretation
  • Lysistrata

                                                    

Call Numbers for Browsing the Shelves

  • PA3166
  • PA3879

 

Circulating Books – A Selected List

                 

  • Aristophanes. Birds; Lysistrata; Women at the Thesmophoria. 2000.

Call Number:  PA3877 .A2 2000

  • Bloom, Harold (ed.).  Aristophanes. 2002.

Call Number:  PA3879 .A73 2002

  • Corrigan, Robert W. (ed.)  Classical Comedy Greek and Roman. 1987.

Call Number:  PA3629 .C5 1987

  • Henderson, Jeffrey.  The Maculate Muse. 1975.

Call Number:  PA3166 .H4

  • McClure, Laura.  Spoken Like a Woman. 1999.

Call Number:  PA3166 .M39 1999

  • McLeish, Kenneth. The Theatre of Aristophanes.1980.

Call Number:  PA3879 .M3 1980


 

Reference Materials

 

  • Classical and Medieval Literature Criticism – Call Number:  REF PA3003 .C56

o        Vol. 4, pg. 60-2, 65, 68, 88, 93-4, 107-10, 113, 133, 142, 144-5, 151, 153-6, 160, 163, 166, 169-75

o   Vol. 51, Pg. 135-6, 143

  • Critical Survey of Drama, Second Revised Edition. – Call Number:  REF PN1625 .C68 2003

o   Vol. 1, pg. 143                  

  • Drama for Students – Call Number:  REF PN1601 .D595 1998

o    Vol. 10, Pg. 104-22

·       Drama Criticism – Call Number:  REF PN1625 .D72

o        Vol. 2, Pg. 5-6, 12-4, 16-23, 27-30, 36, 52-8

  • Masterplots, 2nd Revised Ed. – Call Number:  REF PN44 .M33 1996

o         Vol. 7, Pg.3791-4                         

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