One character in this play remembers how Demostratos pushed through a vote while his wife cried "Weep for Adonis!"
One character in this play remembers how Demostratos pushed through a vote while his wife cried "Weep for Adonis!" In this play, several characters "sacrifice" a wine jug on a shield as a parody of the oath-swearing scene from Aeshcylus' Seven Against Thebes. The protagonist of this play explains in a speech that the government's problems can be fixed the same way that yarn is untangled. Kinesias is exasperated by Myrrhine's constant excuses that she needs to fetch bottles of perfume and cushions. The title character is aided in her efforts by the Spartan Lampito and Kleonike. For 10 points, name this comedy by Aristophanes in which the women of Athens force a peaceful end to the Peloponnesian War by denying sex to their husbands.
One character in this play remembers how Demostratos pushed through a vote while his wife cried "Weep for Adonis!"
Lysistrata