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Sites about Lysistrata
by Aristophanes
A comedy in which women in Athens and Sparta organize a sex strike in an attempt to end a war.
Critical sites about Lysistrata
- Meditations on Lysias 1 and Athenian Adultery
- http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/ejournals/ElAnt/V1N2/scodel.html
- “Athenian literature shows a great deal of evidence for male anxiety about female sexualbehavior. In particular, it is a standing assumption Old Comedy that there are moichoieverywhere. There are two assumptions here: that women are sexually insatiable and thatcitizen men are committing adultery to satisfy them.”
- Contains: Historical Context
- Author: Ruth Scodel
- From: Electronic Antiquity Vol. 1 no. 2 July 1993
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- The Plot of the Lysistrata and the Hostages of Line 244
- http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/ejournals/ElAnt/V1N7/clay.html
- ‘The question remains whether the change of venue and the removal of the young wives from their homes to the Akropolis is motivated or justified within the play. I believe it is and, moreover, that it offers a significant example of Lysistrata’s savvy as a politician.”
- Contains: Content Analysis
- Author: Jenny Strauss Clay
- From: Electronic Antiquity Vol. 1 no. 7 February 1994
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Other (non-critical) sites about Lysistrata
- Aristophanes’ Lysistrata
- http://ablemedia.com/ctcweb/netshots/lysistra.htm
- A study guide for Lysistrata.
- Author: Roger Dunkle
- From: The Classical Origins of Western Culture http://ablemedia.com/ctcweb/netshots/stdygde.htm
- Author: Roger Dunkle
- From: The Classical Origins of Western Culture http://ablemedia.com/ctcweb/netshots/stdygde.htm
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- Background Materials for Lysistrata & Greek Comedy
- Historical background and some questions for students of the play.
- Contains: Historical Context, Content Analysis
- Author: J. F. Johnson
- From: Who Owns the Past? class site
- Author: J. F. Johnson
- From: Who Owns the Past? class site
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- Lysistrata
- A study guide on the play.
- Contains: Plot Summary, Character Analysis, Historical Context
- Author: Roger Dunkle
- From: The Classical Origins of Western Culture: The Core Studies 1 Study Guide
- Author: Roger Dunkle
- From: The Classical Origins of Western Culture: The Core Studies 1 Study Guide
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Last Updated Apr 29, 2013