Lysistrata (5)

Publication Date: November 23, 2014

Chapter: Ancient Mediterranean and Near Eastern Literature

I was surprised to learn that “magnums” of wine are still a real thing. Ancient plays can be fun and educational! They are, however, smaller than I thought. I mean, it’s not even halfway up the scale of wine bottles, which I also learned was a real thing. These ladies should really be busting out an “imperial” of wine, or even a “nebuchadnezzar!”

Um, anyway, yeah. Sacrifice. Because oaths aren’t worth taking unless they’re blood oaths. The women have a hard time figuring out exactly which animal they should murder, so they decide to cut their losses and just pretend that the wine bottle is an animal instead. Good call.

Author: Aristophanes • Year: 411 BCE • Info: Wikipedia

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