Lysistrata by Aristophanes is a play of war, peace, power, and sex. Lysistrata is both the name of a woman and the name of one of the most famous comedies of ancient Greece. The name of Lysistrata has become a catchphrase for feminists to look upon on. This play demonstrates the cultures of the Greeks and Athenians.

The time of the play is the fifth century B.C. in Athens, at the time of the Second Peloponnesian War. It takes place at the gates of Akropolis. The women seize the Acropolis and it’s where the money is held. Lysistrata is an Athenian woman who is tired of men battling at war. She proposes a method where the men end war and make peace. That method was that the women refuse to have sex with their husbands until peace is restored. In the beginning the ladies refused to take her proposal and they stated, “On with the War!” (Aristophanes, 25) “Try something else. Try anything. If you say so, I’m willing to walk through fire barefoot.” (Aristophanes,......

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