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Lysistrata: through a feminist’s lens
- Author(s):
- Pragya Ranjan (see profile)
- Date:
- 2023
- Group(s):
- Cultural Studies, English Literature, Feminist Humanities, Gender Studies, Literary theory
- Subject(s):
- Lysistrata (Fictitious character), Greek drama (Comedy), Feminist theory
- Item Type:
- Article
- Tag(s):
- feminist icon, ancient Athens, dichotomy, slave women
- Permanent URL:
- https://doi.org/10.17613/t6gq-s607
- Abstract:
- ‘There is no truth, only perception of truth’, and that perception too changes with time. Lysistrata is one such text where this difference of perception prevails. Written by Aristophanes in 411 BCE, Lysistrata is one of the eleven Old Greek Comedy plays surviving out of forty-two. The play revolves around the Peleponnesian war, when women have to stay at home while their husbands are at war. Lysistrata, the character after which the play is named, emerges as the leader of the women folk at this tumultuous time. She calls for a sex-strike, where she asks citizen wives to avoid indulging in sexual intercourse with their husbands willingly, as a way to end the war. The question whether this play is feminist or not, remains a major apple of discord.
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- Published as:
- Journal article
- Status:
- Published
- Last Updated:
- 5 months ago
- License:
- Attribution
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