Monologue

Lysistrata Monologue

From Lysistrata by Aristophanes

female · defiant · 1:02 min

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What use is Zeus to our anatomy? Here is the gaping calamity I meant: I cannot shut their ravenous appetites A moment more now. They are all deserting. The first I caught was sidling through the postern Close by the Cave of Pan: the next hoisting herself With rope and pulley down: a third on the point Of slipping past: while a fourth malcontent, seated For instant flight to visit Orsilochus On bird-back, I dragged off by the hair in time.... They are all snatching excuses to sneak home. Look, there goes one.... Hey, what's the hurry? 1ST WOMAN I must get home. I've some Milesian wool Packed wasting away, and moths are pushing through it.

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Lysistrata is expressing her frustration and determination as she confronts the women who are attempting to abandon their cause, highlighting the struggle for power and control in a time of chaos.

30s · determination · power · freedom · identity · rebellion

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