![]() ![]() The translator of this version is unknown, but it is rumored to have been Oscar Wilde. This famous play by Aristophanes, first staged in 411 BCE, sheds a light on the relation of the sexes in Ancient Greece, and is probably the first instance of a War of the Sexes. ![]() Read Lysistrata and Other Plays Book reviews and buy it in very. And while the Athenian women retreat into the sacred Acropolis, the men gather outside and debate what is to be done. Buy Lysistrata and Other Plays Book by Aristophanes Online At Low Price on Old Book Depot. The idea is that what men really want is sex, and that they are willing to do anything to get it - even abandoning their pride and make peace. She is tired of the constant war that is ravaging Greece and has come up with a solution: Together with female friends from other Greek cities, she persuades all women of Greece to pledge an oath and refrain from all sexual contact with their husbands and lovers. ![]() Download cover art Download CD case insert Lysistrata (version 2) ![]()
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