Lysistrata
Interplay between the Battle of the Sexes and the Peloponnesian War During the Greek civil war, Aristophanes wrote the comedy Lysistrata which, behind its Battle-of-the-Sexes plotline, critiques the war between the Spartans and Athenians. Like Confucius who used the private family to dictate how a king should govern his country, Aristophanes used the private disputes between husband and wife to reflect the causes and effects of the Peloponnesian war. Suspicion and distrust – responsible for arguments between husband and wife – also instigated the war between the Athenians and Spartans. Likewise, where home disputes cause emptiness and disorder in the house while leaving the children uncared for, the Peloponnesian war created loneliness and chaos within the city leaving Greece open to enemy attack. In the beginning, the text hints at the possibility that Aristophanes is comparing the two battles by comparing Kleonike putting on her “armor” to a man gearing up for battle. As Kleonike “squeezes into that darling negligee” (pg 19), the man is drawing out his sword for battle; and when she is adorning her kimono, he is putting on his shield. Like a man drawing upon his ultimate weapon, the sword, Kleonike dr
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Approximate Word count = 1745
Approximate Pages = 7 (250 words per page double spaced)
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