HumanitiesGrecoRoman Culture

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Aristophanes was a "craft" comedy poet in the fourth century B.C.

during the time of the Peloponnesian War. Aristophanes' usual style was

to be too satirical, and suggesting the outlandish. He shows little

mercy when mocking Socrates and his "new-fangled ideas" which were most

likely designed to destroy the cohesiveness of society and lead to

The most absurd and humorous of Aristophanes' comedies are those in

which the main characters, the heroes of the story, are women. Smart

One of the most famous of Aristophanes' comedies depicting powerfully

effectual women is the Lysistrata, named after the female lead character

of the play. It portrays Athenian Lysistrata and the women of Athens

teaming up with the women of Sparta to force their husbands to end the

To make the men agree to a peace treaty, the women seized the

Acropolis, where Athens' financial reserves are kept, and prevented the

men from squandering them further on the war. They then beat back an

attack on their position by the old men who have remained in Athens

listening often to the conversations of my father and the elders among

you could get a "fresh" wife to "break-in" the way you want and start a

The Lysistrata shows women acting bravely and even aggressively against

pointless war and excessively expending reserves stored in the

children in the appropriate cultural aspect. Except for sex and the

responsibilities. They are after all not just defying their husbands

was just insane. The sky would fall first.

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