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Comparison Between The Trojan Women by Euripides and Lysistrata by Aristophanes

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were trophies and did as they were told. Their roles were completely dependent upon the social status of their men. They were regarded as daughters, wives and mothers,  not as women or people in their own right. When the warriors went off to war and to possible death, women were expected to utter no complaint and keep  the home fires burning and the children (preferably sons) safe until if or when their husbands returned. If they were killed in battle, it was up to the women  to ensure that they received a proper burial and to protect their sons and heirs until it would come their time to go into battle. The men were celebrated  for their heroism while the women would bury them, weep for them and expected to perpetuate a gendered code of honor, in which men were the masters and they were  enslaved. The Greek plays that were popular during this time period often featured the relationships between men and women and how their different perspectives generated frequent conflict when dealing  with the issues of sex, war and peace. In Aristophanes satirical comedy, Lysistrata, and in Euripides somber episodic drama, The Trojan Women, the impact of these unequal gender scales  on women are examined and depicted very differently, for in one, the women are actively fighting to restore a harmonious balance while in the other, they are tragic figures who  passively bemoan but accept their male-determined destinies. In Lysistrata, the Spartan and Athenian women have had enough of war and have  organized to revolt against their male counterparts by refusing to dispense any sexual favors until a peace treaty is signed. This reflects the way in which male sexuality was