“Magistrate: What do you propose to do then, pray? Lysistrata: You ask me that! Why, we propose to administer the treasury ourselves Magistrate: You do? Lysistrata: What is there in that a surprise to you? Do we not administer the budget of household expenses? Magistrate: But that is not the same thing. Lysistrata: How so – not the same thing?… — Aristophanes Copy Share
“Magistrate: May I die a thousand deaths ere I obey one who wears a veil! Lysistrata: If that's all that troubles you,… — Aristophanes Copy Share Image
Chorus of women: [...] Oh! my good, gallant Lysistrata, and all my friends, be ever like a bundle of nettles; never let… — Aristophanes Copy Share Image
“Chorus of old men: How true the saying: 'Tis impossible to live with the baggages, impossible to live without 'em.” — Aristophanes Copy Share Image