Lysistrata | Essays and Criticism

  • Aristophanes' Depiction of Women in Lysistrata

    Metzger has a Ph.D., and specializes in literature and drama at The University of New Mexico, where she is a Lecturer in the English Department and an Adjunct Professor in the University Honors Program. In the following essay, she discusses Aristophanes’ depiction of women and suggests that this depiction of women in Lysistrata misinforms the audience about the public forums available to women in 5th-century B.C. Greece.

  • Sexuality in Lysistrata

    Michael Rex has a Ph.D. specializing in literature, poetry, and drama. In this essay he explores the ideology of Lysistrata’s sexuality and how translators can affect this sexuality.

  • The Funtion of the Chorus in Lysistrata

    Presley is an M.A. specializing in Germanic Languages and Literature. In this essay she discusses the function of the chorus in Lysistrata.

  • Aristophanes, 'Lysistrata' 231

    In the following essay, Forrest illustrates the similarity between the principles being held by Leaina and Lysistrata.