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Episode 36: War and Peace and Sex (Aristophanes' Lysistrata)

Literature and History

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Introduction

This chapter introduces the significance of Aristophanes' play, Lysistrata, in the context of political satire in Athens. It discusses the play's power to influence politics and acknowledges its explicit references to sex and nudity.

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