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Lysistrata is an Athenian woman who is sick and tired of war and the treatment of women in Athens. Lysistrata gathers the women of Sparta and Athens together to solve these social ills and finds success and power in her quest. Lysistrata is the least feminine of the women from either Athens or Sparta, and her masculinity helps her gain respect among the men.

Calonice is the next-door neighbor of Lysistrata and is the first to show up at Lysistrata's meeting of women. Calonice embraces her feminine side and is delighted that Lysistrata's scheme for peace involves garments like negligees.

If rank were imposed, Myrrhine would be the second strongest woman in Lysistrata. Myrrhine is able to seduce her husband, Cinesias, but she refuses sex with him just at the last minute.

(Also a member of the Women’s Chorus). Lampito is representative of Spartan women. Lampito is a large, well-built woman with a thick Appalachian accent. Lampito brings the Spartan women into Lysistrata's plan.

(Also a member of the Women’s Chorus). Ismenia is a Boitian girl who has a nice body, keeps herself well tended.

(Also a member of the Women’s Chorus). The Goddess of Harmony.

The magistrate is a legal authority in Athens. While most men have gone off to war, he’s stayed in Athens to maintain the peace and his own sense of moral order. He’s a staunch enforcer of traditional gender roles, power balance, and law and order. When the women seize control of the Acropolis, the magistrate moves to arrest them.

Old Man lives up to his title. He teeters around Athens (often drunk) attempting to keep the women in line. Although, unsuccessful in his civic duties, Old Man strikes up some fantastical misogynistic melodies and is a generally comedic element of the play. Leads the Men’s Chorus.

(Doubles as the youngest member of the Old Man’s Chorus). The needy, desperate clown that Myrrhine calls her husband. Cinesias is the first man to be affected by the sex strike and comes to the Akropolis, fully enflamed.

(Doubles as a member of the Old Man’s Chorus). Appearing in the final movement of the play, the Spartan Herald enters to communicate Sparta’s wish for peace (and the end of the sex strike). He is just as sexually aggravated as the rest of the men.