Aristophanes wasn’t shy about incorporating a parade of phalluses in his comedies, and neither is Troubadour Theater Company in “Lizastrata,” an appropriately bawdy riff on one of the ancient Greek ...

Aristophanes is the Taiwanese rapper whose snappy flow and heartfelt delivery—all in Mandarin—caught Grimes’ ear for wild Art Angels track “Scream.” Following that boost, Aristophanes debuts “Fly To ...

To the greying hip-hop head, befuddled by the latest rap slang — “Bad and Boujee”? Nope, no idea — Aristophanes offers comfort of a sort. Unless you speak Mandarin, there is no way of understanding ...

Alif: Journal of Comparative Poetics, No. 30, Trauma and Memory / الفجيعة والذاكرة‎ (2010), pp. 134-149 (16 pages) This article discusses the experience of the Peloponnesian war through the plays of ...

Late last week, Taiwanese rapper Aristophanes dropped by The FADER office. She told us about how her tour is going (really fun), what she's doing in New York (there's definitely a new record in the ...

How did Greek comedy evolve out of tragedies? And how did that become real comedy? This week, we're diving head first into Greek Comedy. But don't get TOO ready for hilarity. Taste in humor has ...

Commas, semicolons and question marks are so commonplace it seems as if they were always there – but that’s not the case. Keith Houston explains their history. As readers and writers, we’re intimately ...

A limited edition copy of Aristophanes ' Lysistrata, signed and illustrated by Pablo Picasso, will highlight an online sale of rare books from June 25th to the 26th. The book includes six etchings and ...

Listen to Emily Wilson discuss Aristophanes with Thomas Jones on Among the Ancients, part of the LRB's Close Readings podcast. Find out more here. When Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion released ‘WAP’ ...

One of the best-selling Halloween items on Amazon right now is a floppy blond wig called “Mr. Billionaire.” At Barnard College one recent evening, a student named Aaron Moore pulled one over his brown ...