Bathed in the glow of neon lights, Pan Wei-ju looks like a supernatural being. Onstage as Aristophanes, she is no different: her music sounds like it could have been beamed down from a spaceship.

There’s a story from ancient Athens that still feels relevant. In 426 BCE, during the annual Athenian drama festival, the ...

The leading comic author of Athens, Aristophanes, did not produce his first play until 427 BC, two years after Pericles' death. He specialized in what we would call political satire, and of his ...

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