1. Aristophanes, Four Comedies
... heavy sticks, threatening to burn the women out of the Acropolis. As the men are lying down the logs, a Chorus of Old Women came with pitchers of water and dump it on the Chorus of Old Men after hurling nasty insults were exchanged. The magistrate arrived, criticizing the women. He then instructed the men to force open the gates. Lysistrata calls a halt to the forcing open of the gates, using common sense instead ... going to go to Hell and bring Euripides back. At the shores of the Infernal Lake, Charon, the ferryman of Hades, awaits Dionysos and his slave Xanthias. Dionysos is very ru...
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- Grade Level: High School