Greek theatre was a profound form of entertainment and was extremely popular as it addressed political issues relevant to that time. The play is also notable for being an early exposé of sexual relations in a male-dominated society. Lysistrata persuades the women of the warring cities to withhold sexual privileges from their husbands and lovers as a means of forcing the men to negotiate peace-a strategy that instead inflames the battle between the sexes. Writing at the time of political and social crisis in Athens, Aristophanes was an eloquent yet bawdy challenger to the demagogue and the sophist.Īn ancient Greek comedy, Lysistrata was originally performed in Athens in 411 BC detailing a comic account of a woman's extraordinary mission to end the Peloponnesian War between Greek city states by denying all the men of the land any sex.
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