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The Preponderant Lysistrata
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What was comedy and entertainment like in 411 BC? According to J. F. Johnson, “Lysistrata was produced in 411 B.C. possibly at the Lenaea festival of Athens celebrated in the month roughly equivalent to January” (“Background,” page 1). In the ancient play Lysistrata by Aristophanes, the lead charac ....
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....o be boycotted to give control over the men to the women.
The second step in proving the women’s intelligence and superiority is the seizing of the Acropolis where the financial reserve for Athen’s war is kept. The men are “locked out of the Treasury by [the] women” (712, 414-5), whom feel the war is pointless and destructive to their families by the men staying away from home for long periods of time while at battle. The women are upset because they deserve the right “to be happy and enjoy [th.... |
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