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Lysistrata (Magill Book Reviews)

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Lysistrata summons to Athens women from Sparta and the other city-states involved in the Second Peloponnesian War. She proposes to them that they use their feminine wiles to force an end to the prolonged conflict. Specifically, she suggests that they all swear an oath not to have sexual relations with their men until the armistice is achieved.

The women are horrified at the suggestion, except for Lampito, a Spartan woman, who agrees with Lysistrata that this solution is a workable one. Lampito helps Lysistrata persuade the women to take a sacred oath not to have physical...

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