Lysistrata: Women, War and Protest in Ancient Greece

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  • Опубліковано 19 тра 2021
  • Lysistrata is the most popular of Aristophanes' works in the 21st century. Why tho? Well, here's a messily put together video explaining some of it.
    Music: www.bensound.com/
    Also here are the videos I show in the last part of the video, in case you were interested.
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КОМЕНТАРІ • 28

  • @watermelonkellen3258
    @watermelonkellen3258 3 місяці тому +2

    I did not expect to see the Legally Blonde Greek Chorus while studying for my exams but i am certainly not complaining.

  • @hannahkohl6053
    @hannahkohl6053 2 роки тому +4

    My drama teacher talked about this in class today and I needed to search it up immediately

  • @GrantTarredus
    @GrantTarredus 5 місяців тому +1

    I’ve discovered you with this, and I enjoyed it thoroughly. Your expertise is matched by your ability to communicate uncondescendingly with a lay audience, which is just what the doctor ordered. The song “Lysistrata” by Todd Rundgren & his band Utopia piqued my interest and unfurled my sail, so I surfed in. Thanks for the education!

  • @r0bophonic
    @r0bophonic 2 роки тому +2

    This was excellent and exactly what I was looking for. Thanks!

  • @lukemorris9857
    @lukemorris9857 3 роки тому +2

    Well researched video, good quality stuff my guy

  • @temaalyanoglu1110
    @temaalyanoglu1110 Рік тому +2

    Amazing, just Amazing . Keep on making videos. Please.

  • @naimanowshin5113
    @naimanowshin5113 Рік тому +2

    This was genuinely so entertaining to watch

  • @amayanil928
    @amayanil928 8 місяців тому +1

    Thank you soooo much for this video. Helped me with my college presentation 😭💗🫂✨

  • @jeffcampbell1555
    @jeffcampbell1555 3 роки тому +7

    That was fun. I've never sought out any classical Greek authors. It's nice to know what Lysistrata is about, but extra nice to understand it with some context. Now, if you'll do all the other Greeks, then the Romans, then f-ing Shakespeare, I'll understand my world at last! Thanks!

    • @generichistory
      @generichistory  3 роки тому +1

      It will take me a while but we'll get all the way to Shakespeare eventually

    • @jeffcampbell1555
      @jeffcampbell1555 3 роки тому

      @@generichistory You will? OMG...I'll have to fan-boy you now and forever. AWKWARD! Sigh. Later, Hero Mine

    • @placccc1222
      @placccc1222 Місяць тому

      Who?!!!!!??

  • @spartanzombiexd8939
    @spartanzombiexd8939 3 роки тому +2

    Great stuff!

  • @jennyyeh4730
    @jennyyeh4730 Рік тому

    So helpful ! Thank you

  • @FemaleFullmetal
    @FemaleFullmetal 2 роки тому +2

    I really wish this wasn't so relevant right now

  • @CaptWesStarwind
    @CaptWesStarwind 3 роки тому

    What? You've never done the old Lion and Cheese grater? It's like the Grizzly and the garbage can, but at a 45 degree angle. Oh, and you'll also need that bowl of olives.
    Great video and I really like your take on subjects. There is more of an awareness with you than I see with most "History" channels that don't reflect on any of the subject matter, but rather just read it out in a very fact like manner. That certainly gives your channel a lot more of a personality.

    • @generichistory
      @generichistory  3 роки тому

      Oh so it's similar to the fish in a barrel but with less noise?
      Thanks, the two Aristophanes videos were a little bit of an experiment in subject matter, but im glad they turned out well

  • @kilagorila
    @kilagorila 3 роки тому

    Never heard of the play (probably should've), so it was a great listen, thanks!
    This made me think... was artistic freedom a thing in Athens / Hellenic world in general? It almost seems such "insubordinate" authors (or against-the-grain attitudes) get more persecution nowadays than it was long time ago.

    • @generichistory
      @generichistory  3 роки тому +2

      No worries! Artistic freedom was sadly not much of a thing in Ancient Athens. Aristophanes himself was prosecuted at one point for slandering the city and even stopped writing for a while when the politics of Athens got too turbulent and dangerous. So I don’t think artistic freedom was very widespread in Greece. Though maybe it was more common (relatively speaking) in a democratic state like Athens!

  • @mrblack5917
    @mrblack5917 3 роки тому +1

    lets go

  • @aonlegs8913
    @aonlegs8913 3 роки тому +2

    F for Adonis

  • @anonimnifilozof7736
    @anonimnifilozof7736 3 роки тому +3

    Great stuff, but make more videos about homosexuality in Ancient times

    • @generichistory
      @generichistory  3 роки тому +4

      Yeah alright, would you rather see one on Greece, Rome, or somewhere else?

    • @erraticonteuse
      @erraticonteuse 3 роки тому

      @@generichistory If you do Byzantium, I'd be into that. I literally found to channel trying to find videos about homosexuality in the Byzantine Empire.

    • @generichistory
      @generichistory  3 роки тому +1

      @@erraticonteuse It would take me a bit of time to research, but a Byzantine/late antiquity video would probably be quite good

    • @anonimnifilozof7736
      @anonimnifilozof7736 3 роки тому +3

      @@generichistory You can look at the tumbler girl Elveo. She is an Russian artist and posts a lot of historical information about homosexuality in Persia and the Middle East in general. It would be nice if someone on UA-cam did that topic as well. her link - elveo-art.tumblr.com/