Lysistrata by Aristophanes: A personal opinion

I think the story of Lysistrata is both interesting and surprising. I did not expect a story that was written in 411 BC to have much of anything I could relate to our world today. Aristophanes deals with very real, every day issues in this story. Although he is actually poking fun at them by making the situations as absurd as possible, there are still many very real topics discussed in this work. I think the …

…like what I had thought, and that was certainly a surprise. Lysistrata is a play showing the strength and impact women can make, the dedication of one women, her cleverness in order to accomplish a goal, and the senselessness of war, all rolled up in one entertaining 32 page story. Seems an impossible feat to include all that plus humor in such a short work, but Aristophanes does a creative and beautiful job of just that.