Lysistrata - Aristophanes' anti-war comedy, written in 411 BC, has female characters, led by the eponymous Lysistrata, barricading the public funds building and withholding sex from their husbands to secure peace and end the Peloponnesian War. In doing so, Lysistrata engages the support of women from Sparta, Boeotia, and Corinth. All of them are at first aghast at the suggestion of withholding sex, but they finally agree and swear an oath to support each other. The woman from Sparta, Lampito, returns home to spread the word there.
- ISBN10 1304060047
- ISBN13 9781304060044
- Publish Date 22 May 2013
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Lulu.com
- Format eBook
- Language English