Preface -- Chronology of Aristophanes' life and times -- Introduction: The festivals of Dionysus; Aristophanic comedy; Aristophanes and the Athenians; women in Aristophanes; Aristophanes and Euripides; comedy and politics; Lysistrata; The women's festival; Frogs; performance; translation; note on the presentation of the translations -- Lysistrata -- The women's festival -- Frogs -- Theatrical commentary -- Lysistrata -- The women's festival -- Frogs -- Appendix 1: recommended cuts -- Appendix 2: a reconstruction of Aristophanes' original doublings -- Glossary of proper names -- Glossary of Greek words