Lysistrata

The most famous, bawdy satire of ancient Greece is a ribald anti-war fantasy, translated by Alan H. Sommerstein. The women of Greece are weary of the extended war between Athens and Sparta. Led by Lysistrata, they decide to take control of the situation by capturing the Acropolis, seat of Athenian wealth, and by going on a sex strike. There is to be no more love-making until peace has been established. Suffering severely, the men agree to a peaceful settlement, with their wives and with their enemies.