Introduction
Throughout history, women have wielded power--as rulers, or warriors, or sometimes through others. They may have been revered or at least obeyed, but just as often, they were maligned, condemned or even murdered. Were they battleaxes? She-wolves? One of the others? Or just smart and ambitious? Read on.
Latest Post: Lysistrata, Arisophanes' Heroine
In Aristophanes’ comedy in her name, the Athenian LYSISTRATA Instigates an alliance of the women of Athens, Sparta and other regions to declare a ban on sexual contact until their husbands end the war.
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Lysistrata
