Lysistrata Videos

Lysistrata. (1987. 97 min.)
Call no: PN1995.9 .L5 L9 1987

Film retelling of Lysistrata who convinced the women they could prevent war by withholding sexual favors from their husbands. Adaptation by Yiannis Negrepontis. Modern Greek dialog with English subtitles.

Lysistrata. (1999. 98 min.)
(WITS Copy)

1999 production performed at Willamette University.

Athens: Democracy for a Few. (1998. 30 min.)
Call no: JC75 .D36 A74 1998

An exploration of Athens as the birthplace of democracy, and of the ways in which Athenian democracy differed from what we would now recognize in a democratic state. The program looks at the 19th-century origins of the idea that classical Greece saw the beginning of all Western civilization. It includes a speech by Demosthenes that illustrates the insecure status of women in Greek society.

Love in the Ancient World. (1996. 100 min.)
Call no: HQ13 L68 1996

From Ice Age figurines to the legendary love story of Cleopatra and Julius Caesar, this film explores the rules, values, and myths of love and sexual customs in the ancient world.

Pandora's Box: The Roles of Women in Ancient Greece. (1995. 47 min.)
Call no: HQ1134 .P25 1995

Examines the roles of women in the Greek classical period through a study of the art and myth from that period.

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