âUntil the mucoid plaque begins to mix with fecal matter, its color and texture may appear similar to healthy bowel mucosa,â he says (Anderson 66; 88). In his book, Richard Anderson cites numerous conventional scientific sources referring to intestinal mucus and claims they support his assertion (Anderson 59).
1 Its protagonist, Trygaeus, emerges as the improbable champion of universal peace (Lysistrata's role 10 years later). 2  The Peace of Nicias was formalised this same year, ending the first half of the Peloponnesian War (referred to in Lysistrata as The Former War).ome events that are significant for our understanding of the play: 1  424 BC: The Knights won first prize at the Lenaia. 2  Its protagonist, a sausage-seller named Agoracritus, emerges at the end of the play as the improbable saviour of Athens (Lysistrata is its saviour thirteen years later).
The debate or agon is continued between the Chorus of Old Men and the Chorus of Old Women until Lysistrata returns to the stage with some newsâher comrades are desperate for sex and they are beginning to desert on the silliest pretexts (for example, one woman says she has to go home to air her fabrics by spreading them on the bed), after rallying her comrades and restoring their discipline, Lysistrata again returns to the Acropolis to continue waiting for the men's surrender.