The oath becomes increasingly threatening to the men with the women swearing they will not "wiggle with my toes stretched at the roof" (277) and "nor crouch like carven lions with arse in air" (279). ... Lysistrata's scheme to force the men of Greece to the peace table could never have been successful. Property issues, the role of women, and the sexuality of Athenian men prohibited Athenian women from making such a bold gesture much less being able to exert any sort of meaningful political influence. ... All the benefits of citizenship were reserved for men. ... The age-old issue dete...

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