# Aristophanis Lysistrata

By Aristophanes.

"Aristophanis Lysistrata" by Aristophanes is an ancient Greek comedy first staged in 411 BCE. When the Peloponnesian War drags on endlessly, Lysistrata devises a bold plan: women from warring Greek city-states will withhold sex from their husbands until peace is negotiated. The women seize the Acropolis and its treasury, igniting a battle between the sexes. As men grow desperate and tensions escalate, this subversive comedy explores power, desire, and women's agency in a male-dominated society. (Summary by Project Gutenberg, written by machine.)

- Language: Latin
- Translator: Rich. Fr. Phil. Brunck
- Subjects: Comedy plays; Lysistrata (Fictitious character) -- Drama; Peace movements -- Drama; Women and peace -- Drama; Greece -- History -- Peloponnesian War, 431-404 B.C. -- Drama; Greek drama (Comedy) -- Translations into Latin

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