Title: Aristophanes' Lysistrata
Subtitle: a new version
Description: 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.
Subjects: Drama, Greece Peloponnesian War, 431-404 B.C., History, Lysistrata (Fictitious character), Peace movements, Women and peace
Places: Greece
Time periods: Peloponnesian War, 431-404 B.C.