Title: Lysistrata
Description: Originally performed in Athens in 411 BC, 'Lysistrata' 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.
Subjects: Drama, Greek drama, translations into english, Continental european drama (dramatic works by one author)
People: Lysistrata (Fictitious character)