Aristophanes helped shape comedy ... despite their often fantasical premises, were fairly consistently concerned with contemporary politics and social institutions. ... mildly aristocratic ... patriotic ... suspicious of social innovation ... sympathetic to the struggles of the common people ... unrestrained in insult ... exuberantly bawdy.

Premiered in London last year to critical acclaim, Aristophanes' classic battle of the sexes is given an up-to-the-minute plundering by the world's leading feminist raconteur, polemicist and wit. "Germaine Greer's ball-grabbing translation misses no opportunity to squeeze as fruity an interpretation as possible. A bubbling bag of Ancient Greek delights."--Rachel Halliburton, "The Independent."