Lysistrata in Sarah Ruden's translation is a real joy. Don't get me wrong, I enjoyed Douglass Parker's rendering as a college student, but in the few sections I compared, Ruden is much more alive. Many of the bawdy bits were so mildly worded in the older version that I probably didn't get them at the time.

Having notes right on the page is a great help, and her commentaries at the end and the preface are very helpful. ( )

Molto più volgare di quanto me lo ricordassi dagli studi superiori: questo è positivo.
Avantissimo già allora, ancora avanti adesso. Forse un giorno arriveremo al punto di dire "guarda quanto erano arretrati questi che dovevano ancora lottare per la parità dei sessi". Speriamo che quel giorno sia vicino. ( )

I'll say it... I laughed a lot... ( )

Primera vez en un clásico griego, sorprendente la forma en la que muestran su sociedad, probablemente exagera todo con motivo de la comedia. La historia es jocosa y guarra, pero no deja de tener ese mensaje profundo de la iniciativa femenina para contener ese afan destructivo de la sociedad, aunque sea de esa manera presentada, logrando un poder politico real y propiciando un dialogo que muestra que las partes pueden realmente llegar a comprenderse. ( )

The only other Aristophanes i've read is The Birds and this is a little too similar to that but i guess that was about religon and this is more war and sex of course.

I read the gutenberg version with illustrations by Norman Lindsey :lol . I'll leave it to others to praise properly, its really good (and naughty).
However i centainly could have done without the scotch accent, i don't know who translated my version, but accent writing... never a good idea. Also some scene breaks would have been nice and there's some references i didn't get but nothing major.

Its short, especially since it has no scenes its hard to stop befre the end. Really, really funny in places and great satire.
Just like with The Birds, amazed what Aristophanes was able to get away. ( )