num_pages: 132
description: Aristophanes' comic masterpiece of war and sex remains one of the greatest plays ever written. Led by the title character, the women of the warring city-states of Greece agree to withhold sexual favours with their husbands until they agree to cease fighting. The war of the sexes that ensues makes Lysistrata a bawdy comedy without peer in the history of theatre.
language: English
title: Lysistrata
titlecomplete: Lysistrata
characters: Lysistrata
genres: Theatre, School, Drama, Plays, Literature, Comedy, Classics, Feminism, Fiction, Humor
ratings_count: 42068
places: Greece
publisher: Hackett Publishing Company, Inc.