Lysistrata Gender Roles
Greek theater served as an important aspect in history, this is because of the views of culture which were explained in it. Plays commonly referenced important cultural views such as; political, social, and religious themes. They offered new ways to view things, and helped to form what we have come to know as the base of Greek culture. Athens a city-state in Greece began a long on-going war with Sparta, the powerful city-state of southern Greece’s Peloponnesian Peninsula. Religion, politics and popular culture all play a part in understanding Lysistrata, a play that was written to explain the ending of this war. In the play, gods and goddesses are referenced constantly and the people did what they had to do to make the gods happy. In Athens;
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Athens terrible war with Sparta has been going on for years and Lysistrata, a middle-class housewife from Athens, organized a meeting with women from Athens and other cities, including Sparta, that the women should all refuse to have sex with their husbands until their husbands end the ridiculous war. After convincing the women, Lysistrata also explains that she's sent women to occupy the Acropolis, the government center of Athens, therefor hoping to gain control of the treasury, and be able to cut off the money supply for the war. The women swear an oath that they will follow Lysistratas’ plan, and the women join together at the Acropolis. The Chorus of Men met them there from Athenian, chorus referring to “a group” in the play who advise one another, they have come with fire to smoke the women out of the Acropolis; however, the Chorus of Women shows up carrying buckets of water. After the Women's Leader drenches the Men's Leader, the group of men leave embarrassed, showing the first bit of power that the woman obtained over the men. Lysistrata then emerges from the Acropolis to complain that she is worried that the women are all going against the oath, and trying to have sex with their husbands. This is a huge conflict because the women need to stick together, and fight together against the men if they wanted any change. An
Athens terrible war with Sparta has been going on for years and Lysistrata, a middle-class housewife from Athens, organized a meeting with women from Athens and other cities, including Sparta, that the women should all refuse to have sex with their husbands until their husbands end the ridiculous war. After convincing the women, Lysistrata also explains that she's sent women to occupy the Acropolis, the government center of Athens, therefor hoping to gain control of the treasury, and be able to cut off the money supply for the war. The women swear an oath that they will follow Lysistratas’ plan, and the women join together at the Acropolis. The Chorus of Men met them there from Athenian, chorus referring to “a group” in the play who advise one another, they have come with fire to smoke the women out of the Acropolis; however, the Chorus of Women shows up carrying buckets of water. After the Women's Leader drenches the Men's Leader, the group of men leave embarrassed, showing the first bit of power that the woman obtained over the men. Lysistrata then emerges from the Acropolis to complain that she is worried that the women are all going against the oath, and trying to have sex with their husbands. This is a huge conflict because the women need to stick together, and fight together against the men if they wanted any change. An