The theatre of ancient Greece is the influence that led great playwrights such as Shakespeare, Brecht, Ibsen and Jarry to write the works that made them immortal. Authors such as Sophocles, Aeschylus and Euripides always embellish Greek tragedy with their dramas. However, as tradition dictates, after the three works that comprise a tragedy, a parody of it had to follow, which was performed under the name of comedy. It is then that the figure of Aristophanes undoubtedly comes to life, standing out with his 11 works that have remained as a legacy of entertainment and satire, with which the Greeks had fun after tragic suffering. Lysistrata is one of those works in which Aristophanes takes the absurd to the sexual. It is a comedy in which society and war are reflected in the ridiculous. Even after years, it is always interesting to return to the classics and see that we all have something...read more
