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What picture does Aristophanes give us in Lysistrata of the character of Ancient Athenian women and their role within Athenian society? Do you think this picture is true to life?
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What picture does Aristophanes give us in Lysistrata of the character of Ancient Athenian women and their role within Athenian society? Do you think this picture is true to life? Within 20 lines of the play opening we discover how a woman's typical role in life is played. Calonice explains it's hard for women to get to Lysistrata's meeting because they will be "hanging round their husbands, waking up the servants, putting the baby to sleep or washing and feeding it." From this it's immediately clear women spend the majority of their time inside, doing household things. This is true to life because women did spend the majority of their time inside because it was frowned upon for women to be outside their house without their husbands, and as their husbands were at war, they were expected to stay indoors. The role of women is brought to attention again when Lysistrata explains...
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