Lysistrata (version 3)
The women of Athens are sick of the Peloponnesian war that has dragged on for year after year after year, causing great hardship to everyone. They decide to deny the men sex until they agree to make peace, using the one thing that perhaps men enjoy more than killing each other. Does it work? Listen and find out. This comedy by Aristophanes was first performed in 411 BC
Genre(s): Classics (Greek & Latin Antiquity), Comedy
Language: English
Section | Chapter | Reader | Time |
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Play 01 | Scene I: In a public square at Athens | Phil Chenevert |
00:20:48 |
Play 02 | Scene II: Afterwards, before the gates of the Acropolis, | Phil Chenevert |
00:36:07 |
Play 03 | Scene III: Within the precincts of the citadel. | Phil Chenevert |
00:42:53 |