Lysistrata

In this play Lysistrata is a woman living in Athens that is fed up with war because she never gets to see her husband. She also thinks war is unnecessary. She gets a group of women together to purpose a plan to deny the men of Athens sex. The women are very hesitant because they LOVE sex. Eventually she convinces these women though. The play is baudy and crude at times but great. I never knew that comedy like this existed in such ancient times. The translator Sarah Ruden went to great lengths to bring the same elements of Greek humor to this play.

In the end the women win when the men from Sparta, and Athens come together realizing that their differences aren't that great. The realize that both parties are tolerable, and that they actually enjoy the company of one another.