In their sixth episode of Among the Ancients, Emily and Tom discuss the comedies of Aristophanes, in particular Clouds and Lysistrata. How did an Aristophanes comedy differ from a satyr play? Was he a conservative or a radical? And what happened to comedy after Aristophanes?

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Further reading in the LRB:

Emily Wilson:

https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v43/n20/emily-wilson/punishment-by-radish

Thomas Jones:

https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v24/n19/thomas-jones/short-cuts

Emily Wilson is Professor of Classical Studies at the University of Pennsylvania and translator of the 'Odysse'y and the 'Iliad'. Thomas Jones is an editor at the London Review of Books and host of the LRB Podcast.

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