ATHENA AND SPARTA AT THE ENDING OF LYSISTRATA.
The article discusses the play "Lysistrata" by Aristophanes addressing the question of why the Spartan ambassador invokes the goddess Athena at the end of the work. The author explores the ending of the play by examining epithets in a Spartan song that are used to describe Athena. He concludes that...
| Publicado en: | Classical Journal Vol. 107; no. 2; pp. 143 - 148 |
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| Formato: | Literary Criticism |
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Johns Hopkins University Press
Dec2011/Jan2012
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| Sumario: | The article discusses the play "Lysistrata" by Aristophanes addressing the question of why the Spartan ambassador invokes the goddess Athena at the end of the work. The author explores the ending of the play by examining epithets in a Spartan song that are used to describe Athena. He concludes that the invocation is a clever dramatic twist by Aristophanes, who has the Spartans celebrating a peace under the protection of the patron goddess of their enemies, the Athenians. |
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