Creative resistance. (On the Line).In a global protest against a rush to war with Iraq Iraq or Irak (both: ēräk`, ĭrăk`), officially Republic of Iraq, republic (2005 est. pop. 26,075,000), 167,924 sq mi (434,924 sq km), SW Asia. , people took to the stage to perform Lysistrata, the Greek anti-war play by Aristophanes. Lysistrata is a comedy that chronicles Chronicles, two books of the Bible, originally a single work in the Hebrew canon (the final book of that canon), called First and Second Chronicles in the Authorized Version, and called First and Second Paralipomenon in the Septuagint and in the Vulgate. a group of women from opposing sides who go on a sex strike to end the Peloponnesian War Peloponnesian War (pĕl`əpənē`zhən), 431–404 B.C., decisive struggle in ancient Greece between Athens and Sparta. It ruined Athens, at least for a time. . The play enjoyed more than 1,000 performances in fifty-nine countries on March 3. For more information, contact the Lysistrata Project at www.lysistrataproject.org. |
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