Kent-Drury
English 312 Lysistrata

1. What aspects of Lysistrata did you find funny?  What wasn't funny?
2. What aspects of the play carry over well to the present day?  What doesn't?
3. What attitude does the play seem to exhibit toward men?  Toward women? 
4. Does that fact that the play was written by, acted, and watched exclusively by men affect the way you read it?  Why or why not?
5. Apply the criteria listed by Aristotle to Lysistrata.  How well does the play fit the description of classical Greek comedy?
6. Using Tractate's list of recipes for laughter, find several examples in Lysistrata.
7. Would Cicero say that Lysistrata is based upon subject matter appropriate to produce laughter?