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What do the women not mix with their wine in Lysistrata?

1) Water
2) Honey
3) Salt
4) Vinegar

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Final answer:

The play Lysistrata does not specifically detail the mixing practices of the women with their wine, but it was a common Greek custom to mix wine with water. Based on this, the women in Lysistrata likely followed the same custom, although the play itself does not confirm it.

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In the play Lysistrata by Aristophanes, the women of a Greek city-state decide to withhold sex from their husbands as a means to end the ongoing war. One detail that emerges in discussions of Greek social customs is the practice of mixing wine with water, something that was considered essential among the Greeks. Romans shared this custom as well; however, as for the specific question about what the women in Lysistrata do not mix with their wine, the text does not give detailed ingredients of their wine concoctions, thus it is not possible to definitively say whether the women in the play mixed their wine with water, honey, salt, or vinegar based solely on the plays of Aristophanes. However, considering general Greek customs of the time, as mentioned, it would be unusual for Greeks, including the women in Lysistrata, to drink wine without water.

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