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15 Cards in this Set
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lysistrata
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main character, gathers women of athens/sparta together to end war-- sex strike!
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kleonike
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next door neighbor of lysistrata, first to show up at lysistrata's meeting of women
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myrrhine
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2nd strongest woman, seduces husband (kinesias) but refused sex at the last minute
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lampito
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representative of spartan women
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ismenia
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boitian girl w/nice body-- possibly mute
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korinthian girl
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lady that accompanies ismenia and lampito to lysistrata's meeting-- known for vast posterior bodily feature
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policewoman
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offers her shield up for women to make a sacrifice on
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koryphaios of men
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chorus of men leader
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koryphaios of women
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chorus of women leader
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chorus of old men
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12 old men who go around athens attempting to keep the women in line-- unsuccessful
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chorus of old women
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seizes and protects akropolis from chorus of old men-- fights to the last w/the men and win
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commissioner of public safety
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head of security and law in athens, but overwhelmed by the women
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4 policemen
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humiliated again and again by the women who scared them off with lamps, chamber pots, etc
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kinesias
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myrrhine's husband, first man to be effected by sex strike, comes to akropolis erect
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peace
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lysistrata's handmaid, unclothed beauty who lysistrata displays during final plea between athen's and sparta, men discuss treaty while staring at her body
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