Lysistrata Post #1

   In classical Greek plays, heroism is a major focus throughout them. It is typically men who take up the heroic role in the plays. Women during the Greek era were considered to be housekeepers with the purpose of bearing children. However, Aristophanes' comedy, Lysistrata, focuses on women being heroes. The main act of heroism of the women along with Lysistrata is unifying the city-states of Greece and ending the war.
   Very early on in the comedy, Lysistrata and all of the other women from Greece's city-states are grown fed up with the war currently being fought. In an effort to end the war permanently, the women form an alliance, part take in sexual abstinence, and capture the Akropolis of Athens. By creating a strong alliance, the women of Greece are asserting their power and showing they are such as capable as men. "The men can't burn their way in or frighten [them] out." Power is the first step the women have to achieve to become equivalent to male heroes.
   One quality Greek heroes have when it comes to stopping a horrid battle or conflict is power. The typical male Greek hero has a great foe requiring great strength to defeat. In the case of Lysistrata, the great foe in the way of ending the conflict, is actually men -- the ones fighting the conflict. The men, being soldiers, rely on power to solve their conflicts. Lysistrata is using an alliance to gain the strength needed to overpower the men. Their strength consist of  "four battalions [of] full-armed combat infantrywomen trained from the cradle." With such a vast strength, Lysistrata is on her way towards freeing Greece from conflict to become a Greek heroine.