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Aristophanes was a "craft" comedy poet in the fourth century B.C.

during the time of the Peloponnesian War. Aristophanes' usual style was

to be too satirical, and suggesting the outlandish. He shows little

mercy when mocking Socrates and his "new-fangled ideas" which were most

likely designed to destroy the cohesiveness of society and lead to

anarchy, in his play The Clouds.

The most absurd and humorous of Aristophanes' comedies are those in

which the main characters, the heroes of the story, are women. Smart

women.

One of the most famous of Aristophanes' comedies depicting powerfully

effectual women is the Lysistrata, named after the female lead character

of the play. It portrays Athenian Lysistrata and the women of Athens

teaming up with the women of Sparta to force their husbands to end the

Peloponnesian War.

To make the men agree to a peace treaty, the women seized the

Acropolis, where Athens' financial reserves are kept, and......

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