53 min listen
Aristophanes’ Lysistrata
ratings:
Length:
48 minutes
Released:
May 17, 2013
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
Staged not long after the disastrous defeat of the Athenians at Syracuse during the Peloponnesian War, the seriousness of Aristophanes’ Lysistrata would not have been lost on its audience, despite it being a comedy laden with sexual humour. In this lecture Dr Heather Sebo looks at the very real messages about the futility of war, the parlous state of Athens and the position of women in Athenian society in Aristophanes’ comedy of a sex strike orchestrated by women to bring their men to their knees…
Copyright 2013 Gillian Shepherd / La Trobe University, all rights reserved. Contact for permissions.
Copyright 2013 Gillian Shepherd / La Trobe University, all rights reserved. Contact for permissions.
Released:
May 17, 2013
Format:
Podcast episode
Titles in the series (24)
The Early Greek World and Greek Myths by Ancient Greece: Myth, Art, War