While reading the play of Lysistrata, I was very surprised by the pot of they play. The Story was about women holding out on sex with their husbands in order to make peace. The men who were fighting the war would supposedly give up fighting to regain a sex life. I was very surprised that this was the plot of they play because I didn't think sex would be such a large role in the lives of the people so long ago. Sex plays a large part in out society today. I didn't think it was a as important to people back then as it is to us now. But obviously I was wrong because eventually the men and the women broke down in need for sex.
Lyisistrata was the first women to make up the entire idea of swearing not to part her knees for all husbands. She gathered all her lady friends together and asked them a simple question of if they wanted their husbands to come home from war, and end the fighting. All the women very eagerly responded yes. The ladies said they would do......

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Title: Lysistrata
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