CLA219H1 Lecture Notes - Thesmophoriazusae, Lenaia, Acropolis Of Athens
Document Summary
411 bc, performed in athens by the comic playwright aristophanes. Aristophanes lived in the second half of the 4th century and the beginning of the 3rd century bc. Most of his plays were performed while the peloponnesian war was being fought. Often the plays were about silly ways to stop the war and contained direct attacks on prominent people, this is the old comedy. New comedy was more romantic comedy styled plays. Lysistrata shows the women running the city. The sicilian expedition was a total clusterfuck that destroyed the athenian fleet. 413 bc, saw the political restructuring with a council of 10 elders to make the decisions for the people. 411 bc, temporary establishment of a oligarchy in athens. The four hundred: the short lived oligarchy imposed on athens by a coup during the. Oligarchy: the rule of the few, usually the rule of the upper class. 410 bc, the return of the democracy.
