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Book Review of Lysistrata

Lysistrata
Lysistrata
Author: Aristophanes
Genre: Literature & Fiction
Book Type: Paperback
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Hilarious! Lysistrata, an Athenian woman, gets the women to band together to strike agains the men in order to make them stop fighting the Spartans and to call a truce. She even manages to get the Spartan women involved to a point. Her idea, withhold sex until the men come to their senses. Comedy ensues when the women agree and the men come home for a much needed break from the war.