CLA219H1 Lecture : CLA 219.L11.20.Notes
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Cla 219 women in antiquity: h schele. Aristophanes" comedy one of the most prominent. Aristophanes ranked equivalent with euripides, aeschylus and sophocles the three great tragedians. Most of his plays performed during the peloponnesian war (432-404 bc) Lysistrata imagines a temporary gynecocray in athens. 415-3, major military catastrophe sicilian expedition o o. Temporary restructuring of the political structure of athens. 10 proboulos made political decisions before giving it to the assembly (of which. 411, lysistrata period, temporary establishment of oligarchic regime (rule of 400) Athenian women sick of their men being at war so they refuse to have sex with them to stop them. Sex strike hard to realize because women as sex-crazy as the men. Loss of intimacy meant to happen as well make men more desperate to make peace so to get sex. Modern example: lysistrate anti-war project of 2003 under the bush presidency. 411, thesmoporiazusae presented along with lysistrata: lenoia festival, dionysia festival drama festival in athens.
