Introduction I. Aristophanes II. Old Comedy: Production and Competition III. Performance IV. Women in Aristophanic Comedy V. Notes on the Translation Lysistrata Introduction 1. The Historical Context 2. The Play Women at the Thesmophoria Introduction 1. The Play 2. Gender Transgression and Thesmophoria 3. Genre Transgression and the Theater Assemblywomen Introduction 1. The Historical Context 2. The Women Take Power Appendix: Selected Fragments of Lost Plays Notes Bibliography
Biography
Jeffrey Henderson is Professor of Classical Studies at Boston University. He is the author of The Maculate Muse: Obscene Language in Attic Comedy and a critical edition, with commentary, of Aristophanes' Lysistrata, as well as numerous essays and articles on Aristophanes, Old Comedy and its social and historical background.
"The translations of the three plays, Lysistrata, Women at the Thesmophoria, and Assemblywomen, are straightforward, reliable, and fun to read. Readers interested in women's history and gender studies will especially welcome Henderson's contribution to their fields
." -- Bryn Mawr Classical Review
