While Aristophanes clearly wrote Lysistrata as a way of protesting the war, there is another theme tied into the story that is both important and connected with the protest of the war. At this time in history, women had no political rights. However, Aristophanes makes the women the saviors; they seize the Acropolis, demand the end of the war by leaving the men without sex, and negotiate the peace. This theme, women in politics, or feminism, surrounds this story and perhaps foreshadows the eventual
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Phallacy In 411 B.C. Aristophanes’ Lysistrata, a Greek play where women use sex as power to negotiate a peace treaty, was performed in Athens with only male actors. However, the protagonist, Lysistrata, is a heroine. A great majority of the cast consists of female roles, but were all played by men. Aristophanes used many different theatrical techniques of the time to fruitfully project the fallacy of the dominant phallus in Lysistrata’s comedic reversal of power. Aristophanes’ satirizes phallic
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how it affected the Greeks. He is also the author of Lysistrata, a play where Aristophanes expressed his feeling and thought about the war during this period of time. “Aristophanes wrote to express his vision on life, his delight in life itself seen behind the warping screen of contemporary event.” In this play, we will get to see the importance and serious meaning of war toward the union, espectually the soldiers’ family. The play Lysistrata is about the war between Athens and Sparta. This play
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you go for love? In history, the power of love, has made many people go to some pretty extreme lengths. I know that I’ve done a crazy or foolish act for love. While many can relate to this, many my not and will find that the play Lysistrata extremely intriguing. Lysistrata, would do the impossible and unthinkable; to get her husband back, for what seemed to be an ever lasting war. Knowing that she needs to something, and that she would not be able to this alone, her marriage and love would depend on
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translator CHARACTERS IN THE PLAY LYSISTRATA CLEONICE MYRRHINE LAMPITO MAGISTRATES CINESIAS CHILD OF CINESIAS HERALD OF THE LACEDAEMONIANS ENVOYS OF THE LACEDAEMONIANS AN ATHENIAN CITIZEN CHORUS OF OLD MEN CHORUS OF WOMEN (SCENE:-At the base of the Orchestra are two buildings, the house of LYSISTRATA and the entrance to the Acropolis; a winding and narrow path leads up to the latter. Between the two buildings is the opening of the Cave of Pan. LYSISTRATA is pacing up and down in front
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Lysistrata Lysistrata, the play is about the war between Athenians and its allies and the Peloponnesian League led by Sparta, which is resolved by the women of both sides refusing to have sex with their husbands. The show goes after the idea that humans are naturally very, very hornny. This show is excellent for anyone who enjoys below the belt comedy. Personally I enjoyed this show, but that maybe due to the fact that I know a lot about ancient cultures. However you do not need to know very much
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Here lately there have been many movies and plays that are being reproduced or made. One of which is the play Lysistrata. Lysistrata is written by the Greek playwright Aristophanes. Lysistrata is actually one of Aristophanes most famous plays. Originally, this play was performed in Athens in 411 BCE. The play is about a woman, named Lysistrata, who is determined to end a war between Athens and Spartans that has been going on for about 20 years now. She decides to end the war by rounding up the other
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Aristophanes. The play Lysistrata, is that of a group of women who go on strike in an attempt to end the war that their husbands were fighting in (Lysistrata, 123-131). The comedic part is that the strike is no run of the mill strike, it is a full-on sex strike. The women put a stop to any sexual contact with their husbands until the men find a peaceful agreement to end the war between Sparta and Athens that we now call the Peloponnesian war (Lysistrata, 123-131). Lysistrata is the Athenian woman
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nothing new. I think the oedipus the king would be well received, and maybe even acclaimed with the way the story transitions smoothly, while it ties together the never ending drama that is presented throughout the play. The entire concept of Lysistrata can only be described as an old comedy. A old comedy by greek definition generally was political in nature, the statement being the need for an end to the war. Aristophanes did so in what can be considered one of the best comedies by having the
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Name Institution Instructor Date of submission Feminism in Ancient Greek Culture from the Perspective of Lysistrata Lysistrata is portrayed as a hero by Aristophanes and just as Antigone had played a social role in politics, so is Lysistrata portrayed. Most ancient Greek writers were people who had established themselves in the society. They were people of class, and when they wrote about women, they mostly wrote about women from their own social class. Women were
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