Lysistrata - Tapa blanda

Aristophanes son of Philippus, was a comic playwright of ancient Athens known as the Father of Comedy. Feared for his powers of ridicule, his influence was even acknowledged by Plato as the cause of the trial of Socrates. One of the great playwrights of ancient Athens his work will be enjoyed and remembered for years to come. "Your lost friends are not dead, but gone before, advanced a stage or two upon that road which you must travel in the steps they trod." " Men of sense often learn from their enemies. It is from their foes, not their friends, that cities learn the lesson of building high walls and ships of war."