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From: Monarch Notes
Date: 19630101
Author:Aristophanes

Aristophanes
Monarch Notes
01-01-1963
Lysistrata (411 B.C.)

Background:

Aristophanes' comedy about the Greek women's sex-strike for peace was
produced at the Festival of the Lenaea in 411 B.C. We have no records about
the awarding of the prizes, but this is one of the best comedies Aristophanes
wrote. In a period when the Sicilian Expedition had been a dismal failure,
Athens colonies were revolting, the Spartans were uniting with the Persians to
control the Aegean, and there was a smouldering unrest within the city,
Aristophanes put on his best peace play. This comedy is probably the most
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