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The organizer and driving force of the play. She conceives the plan, recruits the women, holds the strike together when it nearly collapses, and negotiates the peace. She is the only character who stays focused on the goal from start to finish.
An Athenian woman whose husband Kinesias is one of the most desperate men in the play. Her extended tease scene is the comic centerpiece of the play and shows how completely the women have reversed the power dynamic.
Myrrhine's husband. He shows up at the Acropolis in physical agony and gets strung along by his wife. He is the clearest example of how the strike works and how badly the men are suffering.
An Athenian official who arrives to restore order and ends up humiliated. He represents the male establishment that Lysistrata is working against. Every argument he makes, she defeats.
The Spartan woman who joins Lysistrata's coalition. Her participation matters because it makes the strike international. Without Sparta on board, the plan cannot work.
Two groups, one of old Athenian men and one of old Athenian women, who argue and fight throughout the play. They represent the broader social conflict between the sexes and eventually reconcile at the end, mirroring the larger peace.
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