Lysistrata - Definition and Overview

Aristophanes' anti-war comedy Lysistrata, written in 411 BC, has female characters, led by the eponymous Lysistrata, barricading the public funds building and withholding consensual sex from their husbands to secure peace and end the Peloponnesian War.

The play was adapted into a film (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0252662/) in 1976 by Ludo Mich, in which all the actors and actresses were naked throughout.

In reaction to the Iraq disarmament crisis, this play was the focus of a peace protest initative called The Lysistrata Project in which public readings of the play were held on March 3, 2003.

External links

• Lysistrata anti-war theater project (http://www.lysistrataproject.com)