Lysistrata, a comical playwright, was written by Aristophanes in 412 B.C. This

Athenian playwright, which I seemed to find very amusing being a male, was charismatic

in the sense of what should or would happen if women were to revolt against males.

Aristophanes achieves his goal of liberating anti-war ethics using females as a source of

peace.

The small scene which is in our readings opens where the Commissioner of

Athens begins to degrade females by saying "that's what women are good for: a

complete disaster." This quotation firmly sets the tone for the rest of the play by

introducing the dispute. The very next line is spoken by a man named Man 1 who

proclaims that the females have soaked the men with water and it looks as if they had

pissed their tunics. This makes the men feel like cowards and pansies. A few lines

following some of the Commissioners statements, Lysistrata, the female leader of the

women's revolt is......

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