![]() ![]() Lysistrata characterizes the drive to war thusly: "That’s what every dispute is about, corrupt politicians trying to find a way to steal. While the women initially frame their dislike of war as having to do with their own sexual dissatisfaction, they soon reveal that they also resent it because it creates division amongst them and has to do only with the desire for accumulating wealth. War is portrayed as arbitrary aggression and greed rather than legitimate in any way. The entire conceit of the plot-the women's refusal to have sex with their husbands-is based around resistance to the war going on. ![]() As war breaks out, Lysistrata and the women bemoan the fact that their husbands are away and are risking their lives in war. The Greek city-states and the surrounding areas are engaged in a war, as dramatized by an initial tableau, in which a Spartan and an Athenian get into a brawl. ![]()
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