Some key questions to think about when watching the play:

• Do you think an ancient audience would have taken Lysistrata’s message about sexual relations in ancient Greek society seriously? Why?
• How can those people who are excluded from, or marginalised within, the democratic political process express their views?
• How do the Athenians justify excluding women from public life? Is it possible to find ideas of respect and affection for women in Athenian culture or is it entirely misogynistic?

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