When Women Revolt, Aristophanes' Lysistrata

Season 2 // Episode 47

This episode originally aired on July 24, 2018. Listen on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen to podcasts. Get ad-free episodes and so, so much more, by subscribing to the Oracle Edition at patreon.com/mythsbaby

What would happen if all the women banded together to go on a sex strike? Would they be able to stop a war they don't believe in? Would it be hilarious? Absolutely.

CW/TW: far too many Greek myths involve assault. Given it's fiction, and typically involves gods and/or monsters, I'm not as deferential as I would be were I referencing the real thing.

Sources: Lysistrata and Other Plays, by Aristophanes, translated by Alan H. Sommerstein.

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