REREAD:

KNOW:

• The general characteristics of Old Comedy, and how it differs from tragedy

 
• The historical and cultural circumstances of the Lysistrata according to T. Martin:  Aristophanes' Lysistrata

 
• Understand especially the references in this play to oligarchy, democracy, the rituals performed by high-born young girls, and form an opinion as to whether this is a "feminist" play or the opposite.  Which are the main themes of the Lysistrata?

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