"The classics live on" Topic

So, I'm in Kuwait awaiting transport back to Afghanistan. In the MWR tent there are multiple copies of Aristophane's "Lysistrata" available for reading.

In case you haven't read this particular work, it's essentially an anti-war play in which the women of two different city states decide to end a long-lasting war by abstaining from their matrimonial duties.

I laughed a little, inside.

That's about as surreal as anything could possibly be. As a "great man" recently said: "Girls like getting screwed, they just don't like getting screwed over." I can't see a whole city (two cities even) of women getting onboard for something like that!

Another sage said even more recently, "Tragedies end in death, comedies end in marriage"….

I saw an 'authentic recreation' of that play a while back… trying to put it on close to what the original might have looked like.
The 'frustrated' male characters all wore HUGE protruding phalluses.
It was fun knowing you were laughing at something folks long, long ago laughed at as well.

That's kinda weird.

Stay safe, Jay.

Don't I recall some women somewhere were suggesting this recently? In the middle east, perhaps?

How much longer are you there? Don't start getting careless as your tour winds up.

In fact, don't get careless at all.

Yea. Keep the head down!

And "Thanks"!

For you:

"Lysistrata" is great. If only women would do that world-wide for real – but when it comes right down to it they're just as blood-thirsty and revenge-minded as men.

Well, went ahead and picked it up and reread it. An excellent translation. True regarding the enormous phalluses on display. I think it would be a hoot for a daring college drama troupe to put on.

Being more of a Sophocles fan, I worked on putting together a production of "Agamemnon" during my senior year, but it didn't pan out.

@ Neo: About 2-3 months, I think. Nothing's set in stone at this point. Don't worry, careless is not in my active vocabulary.