Compare And Contrast Allegory Of The Cave And Lysistrata

In the ancient Athenian society, the idea of a democracy was very alive and pulsating throughout every corner of the city-state. There were many who agreed with and valued the ideas of a democratic government and thought that it helped Athens thrive however, there were many individuals who disagreed with the ideas of democracy. Throughout Aristophanes’ Lysistrata and Plato’s “Allegory of the Cave” and the Crito, many different ideas of free speech surfaced and soon these different texts became very important artifacts relating to free speech. Although Aristophanes and Plato both value free speech within a democratic society, they both propose different arguments in support of its exercise both having different things to say. Throughout Aristophanes’ Lysistrata, he utilizes the voice of women in
A big part of democracy is the freedom of speech and at this point in time of history, women stand in the shadows of their husbands especially when political discussions arise. In Lysistrata the main character, Lysistrata is all for democracy and the defense of democracy. The Greek culture was very focused on war and a lot of the economy was focused solely on producing resources for the war, all the revenue it would receive from the war and many even many of the Greek gods were related to war. Soldiers would pray to their gods during, before, and after and a victory was a gift from the gods and a loss was a punishment from the gods. War seemed to be the only thing that had any intention of the husbands and men of Greece, and Lysistrata along with her colleagues had enough of that. Although Aristophanes was secretly undermining the minds of high officials in Greece, he got away with it by incorporating his ideas for change with short