Lysistrata makes an impassioned speech, asking the women if they miss their husbands who are away at war. When Lysistrata asks Lampito how everything is going in Sparta, Lampito replies, 'Yes, me can throttle bull! Me do gymnastics, make lots of muscles!' Calonice admires Lampito's 'boobs' as Lampito introduces her Theban friend (whom Calonice notes trims her pubic hair) and her Corinthian friend, whose rear end Calonice slaps. Then, Lampito enters with the Theban and Corinthian women.

Lysistrata tells Calonice, 'This game will lead the women to save all of Greece.'Ĭalonice is not so sure that Lysistrata will be able to get women to enact such huge change, saying, 'All we can do is lie around in slinky gowns, all made up and perfumed, wearing pretty little shoes.' Lysistrata insists that this is precisely how they will save Greece.įirst, some women from Anagyra, 'where everyone is smelly,' arrive. Calonice insists that the women will be there soon, but have to tend to their domestic and familial duties. Lysistrata expresses her dismay at the fact that she has called a meeting of women, but they are all sleeping. As they greet one another, Calonice comments on the fact that Lysistrata 'ruins' her face when she frowns. Lysistrata enters and recognizes her neighbor, Calonice. A traditional production would begin with a Bacchanalia, in which, according to the translator, ' the actors were partying, drinking and being very sexually playful.' Eventually, in this sequence, a Spartan and an Athenian would get into a fight, which would escalate, to signify war.

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