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A review by casparb
Lysistrata by Aristophanes
4.0
Honestly a banger and a lovely end to my Aristophanes for now. It's the play about being a girlboss I believe.
Helps to surrender all conceptions of sexual realism - that or just assume everybody was both completely irresistible and completely hormonal at the time.
I think Aristophanes is seen as quite a conservative figure, so it's curious he seems so sympathetic to Lysistrata herself in the court scene. One would consider that to be an irresistible moment for satire, but it's all handled quite reasonably, even If the thread metaphor is a little facetious.
Helps to surrender all conceptions of sexual realism - that or just assume everybody was both completely irresistible and completely hormonal at the time.
I think Aristophanes is seen as quite a conservative figure, so it's curious he seems so sympathetic to Lysistrata herself in the court scene. One would consider that to be an irresistible moment for satire, but it's all handled quite reasonably, even If the thread metaphor is a little facetious.