034 Put Away Your Sword: Aristophanes' Lysistrata (411 BCE)

Bringing back the explicit tag for this one!

The ladies of Ancient Greece are fed up with the war. Well, you know what men love more than killing each other? Sex! Greek citizenesses are going on a sex-strike till the peace.

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Sources: 

Lysistrata and Other Plays, by Aristophanes, trans. Alan H Sommerstein (Penguin Books)

Lysistrata, by Aristophanes, trans. Jack Lyndsay (Perseus Digital Library)