# Lysistrata

By Aristophanes.

"Lysistrata" by Aristophanes is an ancient Greek comedy first staged in 411 BCE. When the Peloponnesian War drags on endlessly, an Athenian woman named Lysistrata devises a bold plan: convince women from all warring Greek city-states to withhold sex from their husbands until peace is negotiated. Leading a rebellion that includes seizing the Acropolis and its treasury, Lysistrata sparks a battle between the sexes that tests whether desire or duty will prevail in this audacious comedy about war and power. (Summary by Project Gutenberg, written by machine.)

- Language: English
- Illustrator: Norman Lindsay
- Translator: Jack Lindsay
- Subjects: Comedy plays; Greek drama (Comedy) -- Translations into English; Lysistrata (Fictitious character) -- Drama; Peace movements -- Drama; Women and peace -- Drama; Greece -- History -- Peloponnesian War, 431-404 B.C. -- Drama; Aristophanes -- Translations into English

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## Audiobooks of it

- [Lysistrata](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/books/librivox/5001) by Aristophanes (1 h 18 min, English)
- [Lysistrata (version 3)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/books/librivox/13311) by Aristophanes (1 h 40 min, English)

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