Lysistrate / 1981

The women of Athens plotting to end the war with Sparta by refusing to have sex until there is peace.

Comedy of Lysistrata / 1989

Lysistrata led the women of ancient Greece in forcing men to stop the war, that was devastating the land for 21 years. At secret assembly of the women delegates from both sides of the conflict, Lysistrata declared: "We must refrain from the male altogether - till the men come to terms of peace". Her instruction to every wife or mistress was to refuse all sexual favors whatsoever, and sit prettily dressed in best transparent silks, till the men yield to peace.

Lysistrata or The Kissing Strike / 1910

Lysistrata / 1972

Based on Aristophanes's play, Athenian women band together to encourage their men to stop fighting the Spartans by withholding sex from them when they return from the front.