Quote by: Aristophanes

Lysistrata: Oh, Calonicé, my heart is on fire; I blush for our sex. Men will have it we are tricky and sly... Calonicé: And they are quite right, upon my word! Lysistrata: Yet, look you, when the women are summoned to meet for a matter of the last importance, they lie abed instead of coming. Calonicé: Oh, they will come, my dear; but 'tis not easy you know, for a woman to leave the house. One is busy pottering about her husband; another is getting the servant up; a third is putting her child asleep or washing the brat or feeding it.


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Author Bio


  • NameAristophanes
  • DescriptionAncient Greek playwright
  • Born446 BCE
  • Died386 BCE
  • CountryClassical Athens
  • ProfessionPlaywright; Satirist