Zhuoli Wang History 101 Book Summary 9/23/2015 Introduction "Lysistrata" is a risque anti-war comedy by the old Greek writer Aristophanes, initially staged in 411 BCE. Lysistrata is the comic record of one lady's uncommon mission to put an end the Peloponnesian War, as Lysistrata persuades the Greece women to withhold sexual benefits from their spouses as a method of compelling the men into negotiating a peace. Some think of it as his most prominent work, and it is likely the most anthologized Summary and analysis Lysistrata has arranged a meeting between the women of Greece to examine the plan to put an end to the Peloponnesian War. As Lysistrata sits waiting for the ladies from Sparta, Thebes, and different areas to meet her she reviles the weakness of ladies and women. Lysistrata decides to request that the ladies decline sex with their spouses until a bargain for peace has been agreed upon and signed. Lysistrata has additionally made arrangements with elder women from Athens (the Chorus of Old Women) to capture the Acropolis later in the day. Women from the different locales at last gather and Lysistrata persuades them to make a solemn vow that they will withhold sex from their spouses until both sides sign up a peace treaty (Ruden, 2003; p9, line 125). As those women from Greece, Sparta, Thebes and other areas (Ruden, 2003; p16); they hear the hints of the older women from Athens taking the Acropolis, the stronghold that houses the treasury of Athens (line 239). There are two choruses in Lysistrata—the Chorus of Old Women and the Chorus of Old Men. A Koryphaios is the one that leads both choruses. The Chorus of Men is the first to show up in front of an audience conveying wood and flame to the Acropolis gates (line 320). This Chorus is an old and wrinkled cluster of men who have extraordinary trouble with the wood and the considerable earthen pots of flame that they carry. Men plan to smoke all the women out of the Acropolis. As the men do that, the Chorus of the Old Women likewise approaches the Acropolis, conveying containers of water to put out the fire carried by men in earth pots. The Chorus of the Old Women is successful in the challenge between the choruses and victoriously pours the containers (jugs) of water over the heads of all the men. The Commissioner, who is a delegated judge, goes to the Acropolis looking for funds for the maritime ships. The Commissioner is astounded on finding the women of Athens at the Acropolis and requests his policemen to capture Lysistrata and other women. In a diverting fight, that includes minimal physical contact, the commissioner’s policemen are frightened off. The Commissioner takes advantage of that chance to tell the men of Athens that they have been excessively liberal and permitted a lot of opportunity and freedom with the city's women. As the policemen keep running off, Lysistrata and the Commissioner are left to contend about the Peloponnesian War. Lysistrata contends that the War is.

1. Zhuoli Wang
History 101 Book Summary
9/23/2015
Introduction
"Lysistrata" is a risque anti-war comedy by the old Greek
writer Aristophanes, initially staged in 411 BCE. Lysistrata is
the comic record of one lady's uncommon mission to put an end
the Peloponnesian War, as Lysistrata persuades the Greece
women to withhold sexual benefits from their spouses as a
method of compelling the men into negotiating a peace. Some
think of it as his most prominent work, and it is likely the most
anthologized
Summary and analysis
Lysistrata has arranged a meeting between the women of Greece
to examine the plan to put an end to the Peloponnesian War. As
Lysistrata sits waiting for the ladies from Sparta, Thebes, and
different areas to meet her she reviles the weakness of ladies
and women. Lysistrata decides to request that the ladies decline
sex with their spouses until a bargain for peace has been agreed
upon and signed. Lysistrata has additionally made arrangements
with elder women from Athens (the Chorus of Old Women) to
capture the Acropolis later in the day. Women from the
different locales at last gather and Lysistrata persuades them to
make a solemn vow that they will withhold sex from their
spouses until both sides sign up a peace treaty (Ruden, 2003;
p9, line 125). As those women from Greece, Sparta, Thebes and
other areas (Ruden, 2003; p16); they hear the hints of the older
women from Athens taking the Acropolis, the stronghold that
houses the treasury of Athens (line 239).

2. There are two choruses in Lysistrata—the Chorus of Old
Women and the Chorus of Old Men. A Koryphaios is the one
that leads both choruses. The Chorus of Men is the first to show
up in front of an audience conveying wood and flame to the
Acropolis gates (line 320). This Chorus is an old and wrinkled
cluster of men who have extraordinary trouble with the wood
and the considerable earthen pots of flame that they carry. Men
plan to smoke all the women out of the Acropolis. As the men
do that, the Chorus of the Old Women likewise approaches the
Acropolis, conveying containers of water to put out the fire
carried by men in earth pots. The Chorus of the Old Women is
successful in the challenge between the choruses and
victoriously pours the containers (jugs) of water over the heads
of all the men. The Commissioner, who is a delegated judge,
goes to the Acropolis looking for funds for the maritime ships.
The Commissioner is astounded on finding the women of Athens
at the Acropolis and requests his policemen to capture
Lysistrata and other women.
In a diverting fight, that includes minimal physical contact, the
commissioner’s policemen are frightened off. The
Commissioner takes advantage of that chance to tell the men of
Athens that they have been excessively liberal and permitted a
lot of opportunity and freedom with the city's women. As the
policemen keep running off, Lysistrata and the Commissioner
are left to contend about the Peloponnesian War. Lysistrata
contends that the War is sympathy toward the women
particularly and she adds her two cents regarding how the city
ought to be run, attracting an extensive similarity to
demonstrate that Athens ought to be organized as a lady would
spin wool. Lysistrata narrates to the Commissioner how that war
is a concern of the women since the women have sacrificed
enormously for it. The women have given their spouses and
their children especially their sons to the effort. Lysistrata also
says that it is presently troublesome for a woman get themselves
a spouse. All the women of Athens mockingly dress the
Commissioner like a woman.

3. The following day, or maybe some significant time a while
later, the sex-strike that was devised toward the start of the text,
starts to take effect on the Athen’s men. Lysistrata spots
Kinesias, the husband of Myrrhine, drawing nearer to the
Acropolis. Kinesias already has a full erection and is edgy and
desperate for his wife Myrrhine. Myrrhine declines to engage in
sexual relations with Kinesias until there is peace between
Athens and Sparta. In order to get what he wants, Kinesias tells
his wife Myrrhine that their child needs her, he needs her too
and he cherishes her and Myrrhine feigns to listen to his
disappointed pleas. Myrrhine insights that she may have sexual
relations with Kinesias, however delays by going over and again
into the Acropolis to get things to make them comfortable. As
Myrrhine’s husband guarantees to just consider a treaty of peace
for Sparta and Athens, Myrrhine vanishes into the Acropolis and
abandons Kinesias in great pain. .
A Spartan Herald also approaches the Acropolis and he, just
like Kinesias, also suffers an erection. The Herald depicts the
desperate situation of his comrades and argues for a treaty. A
group of delegates from Athens and Sparta then meet at the
Acropolis to talk about peace. At that point, all men have full
erections. Lysistrata now comes out of the Acropolis with her
stripped handmaid, Peace. While all the men are completely
diverted by Peace, Lysistrata addresses them on the importance
of reconciliation between the Greece states. Lysistrata reasons
that since both Athens and Sparta are of a typical heritage and
in light of the fact that they have helped each other before and
owe an obligation to each other, both sides ought not to be
battling. Utilizing Peace as a guide of Greece, the Spartan and
Athenian pioneers choose area rights that will put an end to the
war. After both sides concur, Lysistrata gives all the women
back to the men and an awesome festival follows. The play
closes with a tune sung as one by the Chorus of Old Men and
the Chorus of Old Women while everybody dances.
Conclusion

4. Aristophanes' comic artful culmination of war and sex
remains one of the best plays ever composed. Driven by the title
character, the women of the Greece states that are warring agree
to deny any sexual favors to their husbands until they consent
to stop fighting. Gender-war that follows makes Lysistrata a
drama without associate ever. At last, they manage to sign a
treaty of peace and the war ends.
References
Ruden, S. (2003). Lysistrata. Hackett Publishing.