Athena and Sparta at the ending of "Lysistrata"

• Carl A. Anderson ^[1]
  1. [1] Michigan State University

     Michigan State University

     City of East Lansing, Estados Unidos

     
• Localización: Classical journal, ISSN 0009-8353, Vol. 107, Nº 2, 2012, págs. 143-147
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • This paper addresses a long standing problem at the end of the Lysistrata: why does the Spartan ambassador invoke the Spartan Athena Polias? I reconsider the appropriateness of this ending by examining more closely the epithets used to describe Athena in the Spartan song namely πάμμαχος / παμμάχος and χαλκίοικος. I conclude that her invocation involves a humorously tendentious interpretation of the Spartan pantheon through Athenian eyes.