Drama

Lysistrata

by Aristophanes

Athens and Sparta have been at war for twenty years, so the women of Greece, led by Lysistrata, seize the treasury and refuse their husbands until they make peace. Aristophanes put it on in 411 BC, in the middle of the real war. It is still very rude and still very funny.

The librarian

Read it in the Library After Dark Or read it as plain text

Reading time

About an hour

Where to find it

The Lost Property Office, down the book lift in the west wing

Edition

Project Gutenberg, eBook #7700. In the public domain in the United States.