Study Guide

Lysistrata Characters

By Aristophanes

Lysistrata was the first ever female hero of an Ancient Greek comedy. Way to break that glass...

Calonice is Lysistrata's neighbor, and just like Lysistrata, Calonice is respectable middle-class...

Myrrhine first makes her appearance on the scene near the beginning of the play, when she comes...

Lampito is a pretty one-dimensional character, and that one dimension is mostly an ethnic...

The Magistrate makes his first appearance on the scene when he comes to investigate the...

Cinesias is the husband of Myrrhine, one of the women taking part in Lysistrata's sex-strike. And...

The Chorus of Old Men makes its first appearance near the beginning of the play, when its members...

The Chorus of Old Women represents the women Lysistrata sent to take over the Acropolis. Whether...