Lysistrata Characters: Lysistrata - Lysistrata is an Athenian woman who is sick and tired of war and the treatment of women in Athens. Lysistrata gathers the women of Sparta and Athens together to solve these social ills and finds success and power in her quest. Lysistrata is the least feminine of the women from either Athens or Sparta‚ and her masculinity helps her gain respect among the men. Cleonice- is the next-door neighbor of Lysistrata and is the first to show up at Lysistrata’s meeting
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Love Conquers All In the beginning of The Knight’s Tale‚ Chaucer introduces a duke‚ Theseus of Athens. Theseus arrives home to Athens from a victorious siege. Four women interrupt the joyful demeanor of the Athenian homecoming with their loud crying and weeping. When Theseus asks them what causes their grief‚ the eldest woman of the group steps forward and responds. She explains to Theseus that each of the women lost their husbands to war at Thebes. Creon‚ the lord of Thebes‚ humiliated the four
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similarities which both will be explored as we discover the cultural influence on two of the most prolific structures that remain. We begin upon the citadel of the Athenian Acropolis‚ home of the Parthenon. Amidst years of war with the Persians‚ Athens formed the Delian League
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who put their hometowns on the map. One young Athenian nobleman defended his political reputation by mentioning how he entered seven chariots in the Olympic chariot-race. This high number of entries made both the Aristocrats and the Athens look very
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Athens Vs. Sparta Throughout the ancient world there were two dominating empires. (S) The Athenian City (polis) and the Spartan empire. These two cities were both powerful and famous but significantly different. However‚ the city of Athens was by far a much more influential and powerful city-state in comparison to Sparta. Although both the city-states had their own strengths such as their government‚ social structure and their military tactics‚ Athens was a pivotal city that still to this day effects
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were rows of shops and colonnaded walkways called stoa. Methods of government varied among the Ancient Greek city-states. However Athens is famous for democracy. The word democracy comes from the Greek words demos‚ meaning people and kratos meaning rule. Democracy was introduced in Athens 508 BC. Only men could vote‚ not women‚ slaves or foreigners. In Athens there was a council made up of 500 men. They proposed new laws
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till the 4th century. The building held many treasures‚ the most magnificent being a statue of Athena in full armor holding Nike‚ Goddess of Victory‚ made purely of ivory and gold. This statue was lost and eventually destroyed in the 5th century‚ Athens now being a province of the Roman Empire. In the 5th century‚ the building was turned into a Christian church. It remained this way for around 250 years‚ the actual structure remaining intact‚ but with most sculptures of the Greek Gods destroyed.
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unbiased system of justice to the people of Athens. Athena expresses her disinclination to monopolize the final decision of this trial‚ stating “Embrace the one? Expel the other? It defeats me / But since the matter comes to rest on us‚ / I will appoint the judges of manslaughter‚ / swear them in‚ and found a tribunal here / for all time to come” (496). Here‚ she expresses her idea of creating a court with a jury to judge Orestes. As the patron of the city of Athens‚ Athena vies to teach the citizens how
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come to know as the base of Greek culture. Athens a city-state in Greece began a long on-going war with Sparta‚ the powerful city-state of southern Greece’s Peloponnesian Peninsula. Religion‚ politics and popular culture all play a part in understanding Lysistrata‚ a play that was written to explain the ending of this war. In the play‚ gods and goddesses are referenced constantly and the people did what they had to do to make the gods happy. In Athens;
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trustworthy man than Cadmas? Lucius: Well I heard Cadmas and also all the Athenians rapes boys for fun. How filthy and shameful is that! I cannot trust any word from Athenians! Cleon: Did you just say that we are filthy? Now I know why our honourable Athens worriers defeat Olynthus. I believe those fools never read the famous “Dissoi Logoi”
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