Posted by Jake on September 26, 19101 at 22:18:39:

In Reply to: Lysistrata - help posted by Lisette on September 26, 19100 at 06:10:08:

I designed a study guide for myself but i really donot understand the play. i do a little but its confusing

1. What is the purpose of Tragedy?

2. Tragedy deals with the life of one man; what does Comedy deal with?

3. What is a buskin ?

4. What is a soc ?

5. What are somatia ?

6. What is a dithyramb ?

7. When was the Sicilian defeat?

8. What happened in 404 B.C.?

9. What two eras shaped our modern ideas about ?

10. When did Lysistrata see a revival on American college campuses?

11. What does Lysistrata's name mean?

12. How are the women going to make the men end the war?

13. How do the women pledge their oath to each other?

14. Why have the women seized the Acropolis?

15. When Lysistrata tells the Commissioner that women can stop the confusion and bring the various states together, what comparison does she use?

16. Name one of the excuses used by the women who are trying to leave the Acropolis to go home.

17. How does Myrrhine stall Kinesias?

18. When Lysistrata gets the Spartans and the Athenians together, who does she say is waiting across the sea to destroy them?

19. When the Spartans and Athenians are dividing up the disputed territories, what do they use instead of a map?

20. Why does the Commissioner suggest that all ambadors get drunk before negotiating with each other?

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