50 min listen
7 Greek Comedy – Aristophanes
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Length:
49 minutes
Released:
Dec 14, 2015
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Podcast episode
Description
Author Jacke Wilson examines the life and works of Aristophanes, whose comic plays included The Clouds, which pokes fun at philosophers such as Socrates, and Lysistrata, where the females of Athens and Sparta go on a sex strike in an attempt to end the war.
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Released:
Dec 14, 2015
Format:
Podcast episode
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