In Oedipus Rex the drama is built around a similar, yet slightly different concept of faith. The story of Oedipus Rex takes the form of a tragedy. The play is basically centered on a prophecy that the son of Laius (ruler of Thebes) would murder his father and have sex his mother. This son would later turn out to be Oedipus Rex. Fearful of the prophecy the king had his son sent far away from the kingdom to be murdered. However through a series of events Oedipus had not been murdered. Instead, Oedipus was adopted by Polybus (the king of Corinth), were he grew up under the impression that he was the son of the king and queen. The day Oedipus heard his unthinkable fate from the oracle, was the day he refused to accept it. Oedipus refuse to accept his fate, and as a result, fled Corinth in order to break off all ties with who he thought was is blood mother and father. His act of exile from his loved ones bears a resemblance to the actions of the women of Lysistrata. Further in the play Oedipus also refuses to accept the truth. The truth that he did murder his father and was sleeping with his mother. After analyzing both dramas it is quit evident that the themes of, fate and, the willingness to ignore the truth play a major role in the in sculpting the plot of these plays.
The relationship between love and war also play very important roles in both plays. In Lysistrata the main reason why, the woman of Athens and Sparta originally schemed against the men was because of war. Instead of using weapons and mass power to win the war the women used love and their physical beauty to end the fighting. In many ways both these elements seem to be the same contributing factor of the war. It was, the love for the land the opposing state possessed and the hatred for the men of the opposing states that initially fueled the war. On the other hand, it was also the love for their wives, and the Hate associated with not being able to have sex with their wives, that attributed to the men signing the treaty and ending the war.