The Loveliness of Language

Aristophanes uses somevery interesting metaphors and comical puns which help the story to progress and engage the reader. There is a lot of sexual innuendo behind the language used in the play. On page sixty seven, The Koryphaios of Men used the metaphor of the women as horse back riders. "But we're really sunk if the women take up horses. Scratch the calvary: A woman is an easy rider with a natural seat . Take her over the jumps and she'll never slip her mount." He is comparing horseback riding to the women's ability to stick it out and not have sex. The women are good at love making so the men are in for it if they refuse to do so with their husbands. However, from this metaphor, you can get how the women will never come down once on top of that horse because it is natural for them to ride. So once they prepare for battle and mount, there will be a struggle to get the women down. They have made this oath and the men are realizing that this is not going to be an easy ride for them.