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Lysistrata - The Sex Strike

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Athens is in the grip of a futile, destructive war with Sparta and its men are fighting abroad, taken away from their wives and families for long periods at a time. The women of Athens have had enough. At dawn, in a men's bathhouse, leading society woman Lysistrata gathers an assembly of Athenian and Spartan women to discuss negotiating a peace treaty. Their tactics are simple: they will refuse their men sex until peace is declared.|11 women, 8 men

Language: English

Pages: 82

Format: Paperback

Release: May 05, 2015

ISBN 13: 9780573112591

Lysistrata - The Sex Strike

0/5 ( ratings)

Athens is in the grip of a futile, destructive war with Sparta and its men are fighting abroad, taken away from their wives and families for long periods at a time. The women of Athens have had enough. At dawn, in a men's bathhouse, leading society woman Lysistrata gathers an assembly of Athenian and Spartan women to discuss negotiating a peace treaty. Their tactics are simple: they will refuse their men sex until peace is declared.|11 women, 8 men

Language: English

Pages: 82

Format: Paperback

Release: May 05, 2015

ISBN 13: 9780573112591

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