Greek Comedy IX: Aristophanes’s Lysistrata, or Let the Women Handle It

Posted byTriumvir ClioPosted inGreek Comedy, The Greeks

Content Warning! It is impossibly to talk about Lysistrata without talking about sex. Consider yourself warned.

Discussion Prompts

  1. If you were directing this play today, what time period would you set it in?  Why?
  2. Do you consider this play to be progressive or conservative?  Why?
  3. How do you think the interpretation of this play is affected by the time in which it is being interpreted?  Should this affect how it is presented on stage?  If yes, how?
  4. What other thoughts do you have about the plot, the characters, the themes, etc.?

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I have a BA in History and Classical Civilization from Loyola University Chicago and an MPH from Western Michigan University. I've been a geometry teacher, a religion teacher, a writing tutor. I'm a writer, a knitter, a dancer, a singer, an actor. And, yes, for fun I like to reread everything that was assigned while getting my classics degree.

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