Lysistrata Flashcards
1
Q
Author and time period
A
Aristophanes
450-386 BCE
2
Q
Greek comedic satire
A
Political and critical of government
3
Q
What was she opposed to
A
the Peliponnesian war between Athens and Sparta
4
Q
What did she use in the comedy to stop the war
A
Had women withhold sex from husbands. impulse to sex is stronger that impulse to kill
5
Q
Themes
A
anti-war, solidarity to acheive common cause, protest,
6
Q
characteristics of men from women’s pt of view
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war mongering, poor handling of money, sex drive, misogyny
7
Q
characteristics of women from men’s pt of view
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drink too much, ritualistic, domesticity, lack of impulse control, stupidity
8
Q
Jingoism
A
extreme nationalism
