Lysistrata |
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Author:
| Aristophanes, |
ISBN: | 978-1-938357-31-2 |
Publication Date: | May 2016 |
Publisher: | FPP
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Imprint: | FPP Classics |
Book Format: | Paperback |
List Price: | USD $5.94 |
Book Description:
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Originally performed in classical Athens in 411 BC, Lysistrata is a comic account of one woman's extraordinary mission to end the Peloponnesian War. Lysistrata persuades the women of Greece to withhold sexual privileges from their husbands and lovers as a means of forcing the men to negotiate peace--a strategy, however, that inflames the battle between the sexes. The play is notable for being an early exposé of sexual relations in a male-dominated society.
Originally performed in classical Athens in 411 BC, Lysistrata is a comic account of one woman's extraordinary mission to end the Peloponnesian War. Lysistrata persuades the women of Greece to withhold sexual privileges from their husbands and lovers as a means of forcing the men to negotiate peace--a strategy, however, that inflames the battle between the sexes. The play is notable for being an early exposé of sexual relations in a male-dominated society.