Title: Aristophanes' Lysistrata, a new version,
Authors: Aristophanes; Seldes, Gilbert, 1893-1970.; Seldes, Gilbert, 1893-1970,; Aristophanes.
Publisher: Farrar & Rinehart, incorporated
Year: 1930
Subjects: Lysistrata Drama.; Peace movements Drama; Women and peace Drama.; Greece History Drama.
Abstract: Lysistrata is a comedy by Aristophanes. Originally performed in classical Athens in 411 BCE, it is a comic account of one woman's extraordinary mission to end The Peloponnesian War. Lysistrata persuades the women of Greece to withhold sexual privileges from their husbands and lovers as a means of forcing the men to negotiate peace - a strategy, however, that inflames the battle between the sexes. The play is notable for being an early exposé of sexual relations in a male-dominated society.