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The Conspiracy
Lysistrata gathers women from Athens and Sparta to propose her plan: a sex strike to force their husbands to end the Peloponnesian War.
The Seizure of the Acropolis
The older Athenian women, led by Lysistrata, take over the Acropolis while the oath is still being sworn. A Magistrate arrives with police to retake it and is humiliated.
The Debate and the Struggle
Time passes and the sex strike is working, but it is also working on the women. Several try to sneak out of the Acropolis using increasingly absurd excuses.
The Temptation
Kinesias, a young Athenian husband, arrives desperate to see his wife Myrrhine. Lysistrata lets Myrrhine come out to negotiate, but instructs her to tease him without giving in.
The Reconciliation
Spartan and Athenian delegates arrive, all in the same desperate state. Lysistrata appears and introduces a personified figure of Reconciliation, a silent woman whose body becomes…
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