Aristophanes was a comedy poet in the fourth century BC, during the time of the Peloponnesian War. His usual style was to be sarcastic, and implying the eccentric. He shows little mercy when insulting ... ...

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Lysistrata Aristophanes was a comedy poet in the fourth century B.C. Aristophanes' usual style was to be too satirical, and suggesting the outlandish. The most absurd and humorous of Aristophanes' comedies are those in which the main characters, the heroes of the story, are women. Smart women. One of the most famous of Aristophanes' comedies depicting powerfully effectual women is the Lysistrata, named after the female lead character ... do that, however, she has to become a revolutionary. Ending the war would be so easy that even women could do it. Aristophanes is telling Athenian men, and A...

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