How do Antigone and Lysistrata compare? How are they different? How are they unique in a time when women were tradtionally "seen and not heard?"

These two plays are alike in that strong women speak up in
an attempt to control the outcomes of unpleasant situations.  In Antigone's case, she is
unhappy with the decree that her loved one will not be given an acceptable burial. 
Against the law, she buries him and faces death and the title of
"traitor". 

The women in Lysistrata are unhappy that their
men are wrapped up in a war that seems to never end.  Therefore, they get together (the
women from both sides of the fray) and decide to withhold sexual pleasure from their men
until the men declare an end to the fighting.

Both plays
are written in a time when women were not given many rights and were expected to be "arm
candy" only--lovely to look upon, silent,  and obedient.  It is unusual that these women
would all take such strong stands in the man's world which they
live.

They are unalike in the way that they flex their
womanly muscles.  Antigone never hinted at sex as a way to solve the problem she
faced--it was more logic and character appeals that she uses to convince Creon to change
his mind.