{"product_id":"2940169778922","title":"Lysistrata","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Peloponnesian War drags on and on with no end in sight, and the tough-minded Lysistrata has had enough. Men!amp;mdash;always making stupid decisions that affect everyone. Women's opinions are never listened to.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTaking matters into her own hands, Lysistrata convenes a meeting of women from warring city-states across Greece and calls for a sex strike. It's a hard sell, but in the end it is agreed: they will withhold sex until the war is brought to hasty a close.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePlaying their part too, the old women of Athens seize control of the Acropolisamp;mdash;and with it, the treasuryamp;mdash;holing up behind it's barred gates and choking off the silver that funds the interminable war.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt's a waiting game, and a difficult oneamp;mdash;some of the women are already becoming desperate for sex and deserting the cause. But Lysistrata is determined to stay the course and soon restores discipline. The men can't hold out forever ... can they?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFirst staged in 411 BCE,\u003ci\u003e Lysistrata\u003c\/i\u003e is the bawdy, comic account of one woman's singular mission to end the Peloponnesian War using the only means that seems available to her in a male-dominated world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIncludes supplementary PDF and eBook files.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Blackstone Audio, Inc.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47104692846832,"sku":"2940169778922","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940169778922_p0.jpg?v=1769900019","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940169778922","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}