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Though they were only women, with limited power in Athens, Lysistrata devised a plan to use what little power they had. When asked by her friend Cleonice, "But how should women perform so wise and glorious an achievement, we women who dwell in the retirement of the household, clad in diaphanous garments of yellow silk and long flowering gowns, decked out with flowers and shot with dainty little slippers?" Lysistrata replied, "Ah, but those are the very sheet-anchors of our salvation...
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Though they were only women, with limited power in Athens, Lysistrata devised a plan to use what little power they had. When asked by her friend Cleonice, "But how should women perform so wise and glorious an achievement, we women who dwell in the retirement of the household, clad in diaphanous garments of yellow silk and long flowering gowns, decked out with flowers and shot with dainty little slippers?" Lysistrata replied, "Ah, but those are the very sheet-anchors of our salvation...
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