Lysistrata
Aristophanes was a comedy poet in the fourth century B.C.
during the time of the Peloponnesian War. Aristophanes' writing style in this play seems to be cynical, and suggesting the far-out. This is a kind of absurd and funny Aristophanes' comedy in which the main characters, the heroes of the story, are women. And these are very smart women.
This is a comedy showing a powerfully women named Lysistrata, who is the lead character of the play. It portrays Athenian Lysistrata and the women of Athens
teaming up with the women of Sparta to force their husbands to end the
Peloponnesian War.
To make the men agree to a peace treaty, the women seized the
Stronghold, where Athens' money reserves are kept, and prevented the
men f
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