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Athenian comedy. Lysistrata. Date of play? Playwright? Type of Government in Athens? Political conflict? Freedom of speech? Feminist play? Misogynistic play? Pacifist play?. Lysistrata. Date of play 411 BCE (end of 5 th century) Playwright Aristophanes Type of Government
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Lysistrata • Date of play? • Playwright? • Type of Government in Athens? • Political conflict? • Freedom of speech? • Feminist play? • Misogynistic play? • Pacifist play?
Lysistrata • Date of play 411 BCE (end of 5th century) • Playwright Aristophanes • Type of Government in Athens Democracy • Political conflict Peloponnesian Wars (Athens vs. Sparta) • Freedom of speech Yes • Feminist play Women in power but only temporarily. Women are sex objects. Inspiration for women movements. • Misogynistic play Women lack self-control • Pacifist play Civil war is wrong. Used for its pacifist and antiauthoritarian message
Comic actors Museum of Fine Arts, Saint Petersburg, FL
Lysistrata? Museum of Fine Arts, Saint Petersburg, FL
Actors: tragedy Museum of Fine Arts, Saint Petersburg, FL