5/10/2023 0 Comments Lysistrata by Aristophanes![]() ![]() Calonice insists that the women will be there soon, but have to tend to their domestic and familial duties. ![]() Lysistrata expresses her dismay at the fact that she has called a meeting of women, but they are all sleeping. As they greet one another, Calonice comments on the fact that Lysistrata "ruins" her face when she frowns. Lysistrata enters and recognizes her neighbor, Calonice. A traditional production would begin with a Bacchanalia, in which, according to the translator, " the actors were partying, drinking and being very sexually playful." Eventually, in this sequence, a Spartan and an Athenian would get into a fight, which would escalate, to signify war. ![]()
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