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Lysistrata

By Aristophanes

"Lysistrata" by Aristophanes is an ancient Greek comedy first staged in 411 BCE. When the Peloponnesian War drags on endlessly, an Athenian woman named Lysistrata devises a bold plan: convince women from all warring Greek city-states to withhold sex from their husbands until peace is negotiated.…

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"Lysistrata" by Aristophanes is an ancient Greek comedy first staged in 411 BCE. When the Peloponnesian War drags on endlessly, an Athenian woman named Lysistrata devises a bold plan: convince women from all warring Greek city-states to withhold sex from their husbands until peace is negotiated. Leading a rebellion that includes seizing the Acropolis and its treasury, Lysistrata sparks a battle between the sexes that tests whether desire or duty will prevail in this audacious comedy about war and power. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

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Aristophanes -- Translations into EnglishComedy playsGreece -- History -- Peloponnesian War, 431-404 B.C. -- DramaGreek drama (Comedy) -- Translations into EnglishLysistrata (Fictitious character) -- DramaPeace movements -- DramaWomen and peace -- DramaBanned Books from Anne Haight's listCategory: Classics of LiteratureCategory: History - Ancient
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