The magistrate arrives and belittles the women for their rowdy rebellions, then belittles the men for not keeping a tighter watch on their wives. The women throw cold water on the crotches of the men and they retreat. A chorus of men arrive with torches and tell the women to open the Acropolis, threatening to burn the gate if they do not. While Lysistrata and the women go into the Acropolis, Lampito goes to spread the word of the revolt. Meanwhile, the old women of Athens seize the Acropolis and the treasury inside. They share some wine and repeat an elaborate oath, agreeing not to have sex. She manages to get the women to agree, albeit reluctantly, and also convinces the Spartan woman, Lampito, to join. She and her friend Calonice discuss the fact that, in order to stop the war that is taking place, all of the women must seduce their husbands aggressively, but then deny them sex, as a way of convincing them to stop the Peloponnesian war. Lysistrata, a young Athenian woman, calls a meeting of all the women in the various Greek city-states.
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