Trivia / Lysistrata

• Incidental Multilingual Wordplay: Several dirty jokes from the original Greek work just as well for modern English-speaking audiences, provided they're given the obvious translation.
  • At a meeting of the women, Lampito's tardiness is noted by the rest — of course she's late, because Spartan women never come on time.
  • At one point, Lysistrata admits that the women aren't finding the sex strike any easier than the men are. The faithful woman to whom she speaks cries out "Zeus help us!", to which Lysistrata winces and says there's no need to get HIM involved in this. At least one translator has rendered the conversation thusly: "...We want to get laid, too." "By Zeus!" "No, not by him!"

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