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May 2019
37m 52s

A Timely Re-Broadcasting of the Lysistra...

Liv Albert
About this episode

The Lysistrata is a comedy by Aristophanes. But it's become far more relevant in recent weeks, and not for good reasons. Here it is again, with a new introduction. I hope you'll listen.

 

CW/TW: far too many Greek myths involve assault. Given it's fiction, and typically involves gods and/or monsters, I'm not as deferential as I would be were I referencing the real thing.

 

Sources: Lysistrata and Other Plays, by Aristophanes, translated by Alan H. Sommerstein.

 

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