Lysistrata - The Sex Strike

by GREER GERMAINE and Germaine Greer

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0573112592
• ISBN13: 9780573112591
• Release Date: February 2011
• Publisher: Samuel French Ltd
• Length: 82 Pages
• Weight: 0.23 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 5.5" x 8.5"