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Lysistrata by Aristophanes
4.0

Very clever and wildly funny at parts. I haven’t read many plus and wasn’t expecting the very explicit nature of some of the humour and it made it even more comedic to read. The chorus was excellent, particularly. With songs leaping off the page like any modern, good musical. The afterward also was really helpful situating it into context. My one gripe is that it does feel a bit long, despite being fairly short at 135 pages of text. But I’m also not super into comedy, let alone old comedy. So, I’m not sure if that’s just not a muscle that’s not been used often enough, or if it really is overlong.