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A feminist retelling of the classic Greek satire adapted by leading feminist Germaine Greer. The ancient world is gripped by a long and futile war. While the men of Athens fight in a foreign land, the women of Athens can take no more. Lysistrata, the play''s heroine, persuades the women to barricade themselves inside a building and refuse to give their husbands sex until they negotiate an end to the Peloponnesian War and secure peace. She also persuades the women of Sparta, the enemy, to join her cause and refuse sex to their husbands until they too agree to stop the war. The men eventually give in, peace is agreed and the women go home to their husbands.



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“...fast, broad, silly and profound...” The Independent On Sunday “...wonderfully fragrant, upper crust Lysistrata...” The Guardian

Lysistrata

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    A Paperback / softback by Germaine Greer, Phil Willmott

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      Publisher: Aurora Metro Publications
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 16/03/2000
      ISBN13: 9780953675708, 978-0953675708
      ISBN10: 095367570X

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      A feminist retelling of the classic Greek satire adapted by leading feminist Germaine Greer. The ancient world is gripped by a long and futile war. While the men of Athens fight in a foreign land, the women of Athens can take no more. Lysistrata, the play''s heroine, persuades the women to barricade themselves inside a building and refuse to give their husbands sex until they negotiate an end to the Peloponnesian War and secure peace. She also persuades the women of Sparta, the enemy, to join her cause and refuse sex to their husbands until they too agree to stop the war. The men eventually give in, peace is agreed and the women go home to their husbands.



      Trade Review
      “...fast, broad, silly and profound...” The Independent On Sunday “...wonderfully fragrant, upper crust Lysistrata...” The Guardian

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