Resumen de Athena and Sparta at the ending of "Lysistrata"
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.
