Lampito is representative of Spartan women. Lampito is a large, well-built woman who American audiences might imagine with a thick Appalachian accent (by Arrowsmith’s translation, Sparta was the Greek equivalent of the stereotypically South).

Who is magistrate in Lysistrata?

To her, everything is an innuendo. Her role is as Lysistrata’s chief henchman and to provide comic relief. Henry Ovalles as the Magistrate is a male chauvinist pig who knows that a woman’s place is in the kitchen. Damaris Spivey as Lampito the enemy, joins forces with the women of Athens to bring the men home.

Which building does the play take place in front of Lysistrata?

At the opening of the play, Lysistrata appears in front of the Propylaia, the gateway to the Akropolis. She paces restlessly, waiting for the women to turn up at the meeting she has called to discuss the salvation of Greece.