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====Date: [[:Category:66|A.D. 66]] ==== | ====Date: [[:Category:A.D. 66|A.D. 66]] ==== | ||
====Region: [[:Category:Europe|Europe]], [[:Category:North America|North America]]==== | ====Region: [[:Category:Europe|Europe]], [[:Category:North America|North America]]==== | ||
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[[File:Lysistrata.jpg |right|200px]] | [[File:Lysistrata.jpg |right|200px]] | ||
'''Artist:''' | '''Artist:''' Aristophanes (c.448-c.380 B.C.) | ||
'''Confronting Bodies:''' Plutarch, United States customs, Nazi occupation authorities, Greek military | '''Confronting Bodies:''' Plutarch, United States customs, Nazi occupation authorities, Greek military | ||
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'''Location:''' Greece, United States | '''Location:''' Greece, United States | ||
'''Description of Artwork:''' '' | '''Description of Artwork:''' ''Lysistrata'' 411 B.C.: The women of Athens led by Lysistrata, tired of the Peloponnesian war, devise a plan with women of the other warring states | ||
to withhold the pleasures of the flesh from their men until they stop fighting. The play also depicts the seizure of Acropolis and of the treasury of Athens by the women. | |||
'''The Incident:''' A.D. 66 | '''The Incident:''' A.D. 66 Aristophanes' comedies were considered obscene by Plutarch. | ||
1930 United States : Customs ban lifted on ''Lysistrata''. During the period of prohibition the book was published and sold for as little as thirty-five cents; and the drama was played in New York and Philadelphia as adapted by Gilbert Seldes. | 1930 United States : Customs ban lifted on ''Lysistrata''. During the period of prohibition the book was published and sold for as little as thirty-five cents; and the drama was played in New York and Philadelphia as adapted by Gilbert Seldes. | ||