Facts
what is the name of the war Athens and Sparta are currently in?
Peloponnesian War
In Scene 6, a Spartan Ambassador says this; "To Sparta, Muse, my song will roam, where Apollo has his southern home, where Athena's house has brazen portals, where Zeus' twin sons, knights immortal, gallop by Eurotas..."
What is Eurota?
Eurotas River, Sparta's major river
Scene 6, line 75
what is the name of the character who seduces her husband and then leaves without sleeping with him?
Myrrhine
Scene 4, lines 12-130
"I doubt the gods can get us out of this. I certainly can't keep on withholding wives from husbands; they're determined to escape."
Lysistrata
Scene 3, lines 12-14
What year was Lysistrata first performed?
411 BCE
Lysistrata talks to a Athenian and Spartan Ambassador about two places: Thermophylai and Delphi.
What do one of those places mean?
Thermophylai: Sites of famous battles
Delphi: a place where Apollo shared an Oracle
What character can be compared to the goddess of war?
Lysistrata
"Yea, when the birds shall hole up in a single space, fleeing the eagles and keeping themselves quite chaste."
Lysistrata
scene 3, lines 65-66
How many wives tried to leave Lysistrata to go sleep with their husbands?
4
Scene 3, lines 23-75
In the beginning of Scene 4, Lysistrata says that Cineais is "suffering from satyriasis." What does that mean?
permanent erection
Scene 4, line 4
who are the first two people to stat speaking in the beginning of Scene 3?
Extra points if you know what the conversation is about
Leader and Lysistrata
Lysistrata's struggle with the women apart of her strike
"You're right, I will, I'll be right there. I'm taking off my shoes. Remember, dear, your promise to vote for peace."
Myrrhine
Scene 4, lines 121-123
How do you spell the author's name of "Lysistrata"?
Aristophanes
what does "Brobdingnagian" mean?
huge
Scene 4, line 206
Which character addressed himself as "Rodney Balling, from Bangtown"?
Cineias/ Rod
scene 4, 23
"What can we say? hooray, hooray! We also pray you liked the play!"
Chorus
Scene 6, lines 66-69
How many items did Myrrhine need to get before she was ready to sleep with Cineais/Rod?
extra points for the name of the items
5
bed, mattress, pillow, blanket, perfume
Scene 4, lines 89-120
"Bacchos with his maenad crew..."
Who is Bacchos and what does maenad crew mean?
God of wine, maddens woman attendants
Scene 6, line 59
Who calls Cineais/Rod a "very cute young man"?
Spartan Herald
Scene 4, line 156
"So this is global, a vast conspiracy devised by women! Now I see it all! Go quickly to Sparta for the truce."
Cineias/Rod
Scene 4, lines 180-182