Lysistrata (version 3)
by Aristophanes
Chapter 1 of 3 Scene I: In a public square at Athens
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- Running time
- 1 h 40 min
- Language
- English
- Read by
- Phil Chenevert
- Translated by
- Jack Lindsay
Chapters
About this recording
The women of Athens are sick of the Peloponnesian war that has dragged on for year after year after year, causing great hardship to everyone. They decide to deny the men sex until they agree to make peace, using the one thing that perhaps men enjoy more than killing each other. Does it work? Listen and find out. This comedy by Aristophanes was first performed in 411 BC
