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PROLOGUE-CHORAL EPISODE 1
Reading Check
1. Where does the play open?
2. Who is Calonice?
3. Where is Lampito from?
4. How does the first Choral Episode end?
Short Answer
Answer each question in at least 1 complete sentence. Incorporate details from the text to support your response.
1. What is Lysistrata’s plan to end the Peloponnesian War?
2. What are the older women doing while Lysistrata speaks to the younger women? Why are they doing this?
3. Why is the half-chorus of old men surprised by the half-chorus of old women? What does their interaction reveal about the role of women in ancient Greece?
Paired Resources
The Roles, Rights, and Lives of Women in Ancient Greece
By Aristophanes
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