LYSISTRATA By Aristophanes

Sarah MeekHistory 4Dr. Arguello LYSISTRATA
By Aristophanes

About Aristophanes

448 B.C. 385B.C.Famous Greek comedy play-writerKnown as The Father of ComedyThe Prince of Ancient ComedyIn his plays he tries to recreate life in AthensLittle is known of himThe information obtained from him was mostly from his plays

LysistrataThis play was about a girl named LysistrataShe wants to end the Peloponnesian WarShe rounds up all the women from all over GreeceShe asks them to deny sex from their husbands until their make a treaty to end the warWhile denying the men sex, the woman humiliate them as wellIn the end the men can not take it anymore and sign a treaty to end the war

Themes ObedienceThe women in this play to a big risk by disobeying the menWomen never did it in this era and it made the men shockedPeaceAristophanes created this play to bring peace to the people of GreeceThe fighting was not worth the outcomeToo much time and too many deathsWomen's knowledgeThough men rank higher, women have more common sense about peace and how to get it

Peloponnesian WarWhat caused itAthens and Sparta jealousy over one another's power of GreeceMade all the states in Greece divideThough at one point the two made up a truceSparta heard that Athens broke their truce and once again a fight broke out between the twoAristophanes actually wrote this play to try and bring peace to all of Greece, and bring a much needed laughs along the way