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parabases
Acharnians
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this ensuing section spoken by Dikaiopolis speaks of how the Spartans are not all to blame, and that the Athenians have a part in starting the war, due to Megarian decree
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the chorus in the parabasis talk about how those who have fought for the country 'ought to earn support in our old age'
Authorial voice
often believed that the parabases express the views of the playwright directly, either through the voices of the chorus, talking about Aristophanes in the third person, or using the first person
in Acharnians, the Chorus leader says 'so let Cleon contrive what he will against me!'
In Wasps, 'the author has a bone to pick with you'
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Wasps
in the Wasps parabasis, Aristophanes highlights the military prowess of the wasps
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Lysistrata
in this parabasis, the men and the women choruses go against each other
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talks about how women will become adept at every 'manly art' such as building ships, and will learn to ram them as 'Artemisia' did