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Lysistrata LYSISTRATAAristophanes’ “Lysistrata” in its satirical sense embraces the audience in sensual delights. The play, while addressing serious issues of the Peloponnesian War, clearly defines lines between men and women. Men making demands and women answering such demands was about to change. “Lysistrata” is the art of passive resistance in verse. Lysistrata practiced passive resistance.