Aristophanes‚ developed the play Lysistrata. In this Grecian comedy Lysistrata‚ a woman‚ leads a group of women in boycotting war. However‚ the action of the main characters and the themes that Aristophanes explores makes this play a significant historical source. The themes of sex‚ war‚ and power in Lysistrata display both Aristophanes portrayal of woman and the real and imagined gender roles of ancient Greece. Sex‚ it may be a tale as old as time‚ but in Lysistrata it was a very constant
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Lysistrata essay The book takes place in Athens (Greece) during the Peloponnesian Wars between Athens and Sparta. All of the scenes take place on the Acropolis and shrine on a rough hill 500 feet above sea level–accessible through a marble gateway (the Propylaea). The acropolis had a gigantic ivory-and-gold statue of the. Athena‚ the goddess of wisdom and war and the patron goddess of Athens‚ was honored in the temple as Athena Parthenos. The characters come from various parts of Greece such as
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The Lysistrata of Aristophanes Aristophanes was a satirist who produced Lysistrata around 413 BC when the news of Athen ’s warships had been destroyed near Sicily. For twenty-one years‚ while Athens was engaged in war‚ he relentlessly and wittliy attacked the war‚ the ideals of the war‚ the war party and the war spirit. This risked his acceptance and his Athenian citizenship. Lysistrata is probably the oldest comedy which has retained a place in modern theatre. It primarily deals with two themes
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Lysistrata is a comedy written by Aristophanes revolves around a central main character‚ Lysistrata‚ an ordinary‚ everyday woman leading a group of women to protest against a highly anticipated Peloponnesian war by refusing sexual contact with their partners. Although it was highly implausible‚ especially considering the period of time in which the play was based on‚ the group of women were successful in ending the war. The play suggests that Lysistrata wanted the war to end so that the husbands
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believed that tragedy served a higher purpose than comedy because of its cathartic effect. Therefore‚ comedy is delegitimized. But comedy does serve a social purpose that can be considered cathartic. It can be an outlet for social angst. At the time Lysistrata was written‚ Athens‚ a superpower of their time‚ had just lost a battle with Sparta. This probably shattered the conceptions of Athenians. And as a result‚ Aristophanes used a ribald comedy about the less-than-citizen women of Sparta and Athens
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Kaan Fenercioğlu 19/10/2012 ASL/5 Unity In the play Lysistrata‚ we address a problem in Greek life‚ and the problem is the continuous wars that men have to attend. The men leave their families behind and go to war and that upsets women. Lysistrata offers a solution and although it seems absurd‚ the plan of hers works. But‚ the plan works because of the power they collect. All the women in town help her plan that is the main reason that her plan succeeds. The unificiation of the forces created
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C/LT 320I: Notes on Greek Comedy and Lysistrata Waters/Fall 2011 this play acts as prophecy- war will destroy Pretext for Aristophanes’ Lysistrata (411 BCE) Homeric Epics- the bible for the greeks‚ the Iliad (more concerned with the war-translates as a catastrophe) and the odyssey‚ everybody looses type of thing‚ 1200bce‚ trojan war didn’t happen‚ 1870 AD‚ Phallic Rituals- create something tall and worship it‚ masculine virility‚ ritual celebration‚ center of orgies and animal sacrifice‚
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