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Women In Lysistrata

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Upon reading Lysistrata this week, a title that proves fitting is, Let love prevail, end the war. In light of the Peloponnesian War, two of the more prominent aspects that stand out are, sex and the women not having equal rights as men.

Firstly, to state accurate points, most of the female characters in the play are obsessed with wine and sex (Norton; Aristophanes pg. 783). Therefore, the Athenian women, who have no political rights, seize the Acropolis, the repository of the city’s treasury, and leave the men without sex or money to carry on the war (Norton; Aristophanes pg. 783). In addition, both parties ambassadors use a naked body described as a woman, to pin point Greece’s territories. Furthermore, by these examples, we can conclude

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