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Prologue
Lysistrata has called women from across Greece to Athens for an urgent meeting, but they're slow to show up. When they finally gather, she lays out her plan: the women will refuse…
Parodos
The Chorus enters in two groups: old men struggling to carry heavy logs to burn down the Acropolis gate, and old women rushing to stop them with water jugs.
Scene 1: The Women's Oath
Before the women lock themselves in the Acropolis, Lysistrata leads them in a formal oath over a wine jug. Each woman swears to deny her husband sex, to dress provocably but give…
Scene 2: The Old Men's Chorus
The old men's chorus takes center stage, trying to assert authority over the women who have locked them out of the Acropolis.
Scene 3: The Old Women's Chorus
The old women's chorus responds directly to the old men, matching their insults and physical aggression. The women defend their right to speak on public matters by pointing to the…
Scene 4: The Magistrate Confronts Lysistrata
A high-ranking Athenian magistrate arrives at the Acropolis demanding money from the treasury to fund the war. He finds the women in control and tries to have them removed by forc…
Parabasis
The Chorus of Old Men and the Chorus of Old Women trade insults and then reach a truce of their own. The men complain about female insubordination; the women fire back with a defe…
Scene 5: The Women's Temptations
The sex strike starts to crack from the inside. Several women try to sneak away from the Acropolis using increasingly absurd excuses: one claims to be pregnant, another says her w…
Scene 6: Kinesias and Myrrhine
Kinesias, Myrrhine's husband, arrives at the Acropolis in obvious physical distress from the sex strike. Myrrhine comes down and teases him mercilessly, repeatedly promising to sl…
Scene 7: The Spartan Herald
A Spartan herald arrives in Athens, visibly suffering from the same problem as the Athenian men. He tries to pretend he is carrying a lance under his cloak, but the Athenian offic…
Scene 8: The Reconciliation
The Athenian and Spartan delegates, driven past endurance by sexual frustration, agree to meet for peace talks. Lysistrata brings both sides together and uses a personified figure…
Exodus
With peace agreed, Athenians and Spartans celebrate together. The two choruses, which spent most of the play in conflict, join in song and dance.
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