Lysistrata - Greek Plays (1/2)

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Enjoy an extract from Aristophanes's comic account of one woman's method of ending The Peloponnesian War.
(Part 1 of 2)
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[@NShll-sd9yw]

Using men's horniness as a weapon against them is perhaps the most genuis idea ever!

[@czgibson3086]

@Zakariya A. Lysistrata ends with a declaration of peace and celebration. What play are you thinking of?

[@applewitheveryone]

Haha I love how the sex starved men's garments were... "elevated" :))

[@currentlyAddictedToKebab]

And that's cannon

[@andrealupercio4265]

This helped visualize my readings. Thanks you

[@mohammedowais5328]

Such creatively explained ❤️

[@Suph373]

Lol I will not think of "world peace" the same again

[@CClarke]

Lolol

[@melrodas]

I would think that sex deprived men would be more aggressive. Thoughts?

[@annemarie4305]

Perhaps initially, but the logic of the strike is that desperation can be used as a powerful motivator.

[@jgp7414]

melrodas it's a comedy. None of this is reallyyy possible..

[@peacheskong2245]

@@jgp7414 It is though. It was done by women in Liberia! Ending a civil war that had lasted for over a good decade.

[@Elis0611]

My headcanon is that it was because they had taken over the Parthenon, which was Athena's temple. Last time something along those lines happened at her temple... the myth of Medusa came to be.

[@MothMizzle]

I notice this summary completely ignores this part: "The debate or agon is continued between the Chorus of Old Men and the Chorus of Old Women until Lysistrata returns to the stage with some news-her comrades are desperate for sex and they are beginning to desert on the silliest pretexts (for example, one woman says she has to go home to air her fabrics by spreading them on the bed). After rallying her comrades and restoring their discipline, Lysistrata again returns to the Acropolis to continue waiting for the men's surrender."

[@tarico4436]

(Part 1 of 2.) So I had heard so much about Simone de Beauvoir's "The Second Sex" (published in 1947, very advanced Feminist ideas for its time, etc.), that I finally borrowed a copy from a friend. She mentions a play that I had read just a few years earlier, Lysistrata, says it's "...a lighthearted comedy...". (Continued...)

[@MrHonestScience]

Chi-raq

[@tarico4436]

(Part 2 of 2.) Anyway, I go to the index (of "The Second Sex"), look for other refers to this play, find 'em, and again she never mentions anything at all about women withholding sex from soldiers/cops and how that could end war. Figured if the rest of "The Second Sex" is similarly dishonest, I'm not missing out on much by having it be yet another book that I cracked, but deemed unworthy to finish.

[@sagbch]

What was the name given to the Magistrate, Aprobulos? What does that mean?

[@giorgossoudianos9866]

Its actualy Prōvulos and its not a name. It means magistrate!

[@sagbch]

That sounds cool. I'd love to do a full production of this comedy. I'd probably call the character "Provulos" because that sounds cooler than "magistrate."

[@TheBonelessBanana]

Pimpin ain't easy.

[@SillyGoose2024]

Big deal. Women have been going on a sex strike on me forever

[@michaeljohn6557]

lmao! you're funny men

[@LegoSwordViedos]

Correction silly goose.

[@peacheskong2245]

Well... You should listen to their demands, fool!

[@ductuslupus87]

You have no idea.

[@astrolabphotography3936]

Lysistrata 2021 ✊🏼 #boycotttexas

[@verderdandetijd1699]

Not my proudest fap

[@SignatureStagers]

False explanation ....wtf