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"It is difficult to compare the Aristophanic Comedy to any one form of modern literature, dramatic or other. It perhaps most resembles what we now call burlesque; but it had also very much in it of broad...

Perhaps the first thing to strike us-paradoxical as it may sound to say so-about the Athenian 'Old Comedy' is its modernness. Of its very nature, satiric drama comes later than Epic and Lyric poetry,...

Lysistrata Aristophanes - Greek playwright, Aristophanes, lived during the 5th and 4th century BC and is considered one of the principal authors of the Greek classical period. Of the nearly thirty plays...

'The Clouds' is a comedic attack on the qualities of virtue and excellence, as espoused by Sophist philosophers. The central figure, Strepsiades, enrols his dissolute son, Pheidippides, into 'The Thinkery',...

When the Peloponnesian War goes on too long, the women of Athens, led by the beautiful Lysistrata, take matters into their own hands, withholding their passion as a way to force their men to negotiate...

Aristophanes' 'The Frogs' is a comedic play that serves as a scathing critique of the political and cultural landscape of ancient Athens. Written in the genre of Old Comedy, the play is filled with satire,...

Eleven of his 40 plays survive virtually complete. These plays, provide the only real examples of a genre of comic drama known as Old Comedy, and they are in fact used to define the genre. Also known...

A rollicking attack on war-makers, the farmer-hero makes his famous trip to heaven on a dung beetle to discuss the issues with Zeus.

Eleven of his 40 plays survive virtually complete. These plays, provide the only real examples of a genre of comic drama known as Old Comedy, and they are in fact used to define the genre. Also known...

Aristophanes' 'The Clouds' is a comedic play that serves as a satirical commentary on the intellectual and philosophical trends of the time. Set in ancient Athens, the play follows the antics of Socrates...

Lysistrata is a comedy by Aristophanes. Originally performed in classical Athens in 411 BC, it is a comic account of one woman's extraordinary mission to end the Peloponnesian War. Lysistrata persuades...

Lysistrata (/la??s?str?t?/ or /?l?s??str??t?/; Attic Greek: Λυσιστρ?τη, "Army Disbander") is a comedy by Aristophanes. Originally performed in classical Athens in 411 BC, it is a comic account of one...

"It is difficult to compare the Aristophanic Comedy to any one form of modern literature, dramatic or other. It perhaps most resembles what we now call burlesque; but it had also very much in it of broad...

Aristophanes (/?ær??st?f?ni?z/ or /??r??st?f?ni?z/;[2] Greek: ?ριστοφ?νης, pronounced [aristop?án??s]; c. 446 – c. 386 BC), son of Philippus, of the deme Cydathenaeum, was a comic playwright of ancient...

Le sujet de la Paix est le même que celui des Acharniens: seulement la paix, qui dans cette comédie n'est le vœu que d'un seul homme, est ici l'objet des désirs de tout le monde. Le vigneron Trygée, monté...

"Lysistrata" is a comedy by Aristophanes. Originally performed in classical Athens in 411 BC, it is a comic account of one woman's extraordinary mission to end the Peloponnesian War. Lysistrata persuades...

Kara is tired of her role as a Valkyrie, not that she has much choice. Being a Valkyrie is her identity. It's in her blood. But she can only witness so much death and destruction. Her faith in humanity...

Welcome to the wonderful, enthralling stories of wizards, witches and more found in the magical worlds of Magical Christmas.Enjoy fantasy adventures, superheroes and more creatures to capture your holiday...

Love is villainy. Ava-Marie I escaped the Institute with my partners in crime, and now we're going to make the world pay.  We've never had more fun than when we're out on the streets, committing crimes...

A haunting tale of love and second chances The house on Fairlawn Street holds more than just memories—it's a crossroad between the past and the present, life and the afterlife.Birdie and Martin are spirited...

Things are quiet in the aftermath of Julianna's coup, or so Tommen and Walter believe. The last few months have been basically normal, and, honestly, it's kind of nice.Out of the blue, stunning news arrives....

"I've never had a family."I can feel his eyes on my profile, his arm brushing along mine with each dip and sway of the ship. "You do now."Alexandria, a young woman with a tumultuous past, finds herself...

The Wolf's Flower by Vivian BlakeExotic flowers are not the only secret Rafe White keeps. Even though their first encounter is stifling with animosity, Lucy Roc is both wild and beautiful like the flowers...

The publication of A World Within Other Stories, is a collection of four short stories which traverse the crises of living in a dystopian world and even adjusting to a new paranormal one. In the first...

The circus is coming to town. And terror follows in its wake…When a man is killed under mysterious circumstances, retired marine and the world's greatest ghost hunter, Shane Ryan, finds himself tangled...

"Can Wildrose protect us from a force as wicked as Claude? From its own counter magic? . . . They're sister magicks, Remy." Remy Dauphin is ready to start over.But starting over isn't as easy as he thought.When...

Welcome to the wonderful, enthralling stories of wizards, witches and more found in the magical worlds of Magical Christmas.Enjoy fantasy adventures, superheroes and more creatures to capture your holiday...

Criminally good mysteries happen during the Christmas season. A sense of crime waiting to happen runs through everything, and people get lured into a feeling of false security. Criminals take advantage.Short...

Can the mind really attain power over matter? That's what the United States Government believed during the days of the New Age-era Project Stargate, when the possibility of psychic powers in military...

My ex-military uncle raised me to be a strong and independent woman.  But when an event stokes the rage I keep bottled deep inside, things get real.  A single night of retribution against a deserving...

I'm a man of control, focused on the business of power and money, in whatever way I see an opportunity. What I never expected was one tiny little fireball of a woman, pulling the rug out from underneath...

Welcome to Amour Magique. Where gay paranormals come to find love… Under Hill and Over the Bar -- It's a Midsummer's Eve nightmare for Laurence, who has set up camp deeply in the closet. Keelan's more...

I think I love you. Now kill me.What do you do when the woman you've fallen in love with makes the most impossible demand? Comply and you've lost her forever. Refuse and you've lost her all the same...I...

Over 48,000 words of gripping, enthralling fiction from best-selling writer Connor Whiteley in one amazing collection. Featuring two novellas and 5 short stories from some of his most popular series,...

 Irily lives in a world of perpetual sunlight, which does more than keep the shadows at bay. Light is magic, and Irily can call it to hand to ward off the demons that grow in the darkness. The astrologers...

In the Winterlands, their icy hate turned into hot passion. Lady Piris Volesion hid away most of her life for a reason. After she revealed her fearsome powers to help her best friend, she knew she'd pay...

I came around to a stranger's touch.And familiar faces I didn't remember.Memories surfaced slowly, but would they return in time to save the mission?Or our lives?And what about those we're sworn to protect?Only...

Welcome to the wonderful, enthralling stories of wizards, witches and more found in the magical worlds of Magical Christmas.Enjoy fantasy adventures, superheroes and more creatures to capture your holiday...

When flowers start to die and singing can be heard in the woods, keep your children inside.Harold spent most of his son's life protecting him from the man in the woods, while hisneighbors lost child after...

In the sequel to Chaos, Cordelia finds herself plunged into what feels like a never ending nightmare. Kidnapped and reeling from the brutal murder of her best friend, she grapples with a relentless wave...

Todd Rungson can travel through time and the multiverse with a single breath. He's seen it all, including his death, multiple times.But that doesn't make being murdered in your sleep any less unnerving.With...

Gripping. Powerful. Alluring. Internationally Bestselling writer Connor Whiteley's Birth of The Empire offers fans old and new a fascinating glimpse into the infancy years of The Empire.When Lady Samantha...

A historical romance novel. Love blooms all the way from teenage while problems test their love.The story of a great empress who ruled the whole continentThe story of a Princess and the Grand Commander.The...

Korey Winter, a werewolf still coming to grips with the underworld, brings a freshly bitten colleague across the country to the rumoured Night Keep – a place that grants monsters asylum and performs true...

In this realm cloaked in veils of forgotten wisdom, the voyage commences, transcending the boundaries of our mundane existence. With trepidation and a trace of madness, the seeker treads the shifting...

Unraveling the seductive mystery where the quest for a story becomes a journey of passion. Adrian Sinclair has worked toward opening his own restaurant his entire life, and now, at forty, he's ready to...