![]() "Lay one hand on her, and I'll knock you senseless," says Calonice, entering. The magistrate orders someone to arrest Lysistrata, but she tells him that if they arrest her, they will be sorry. ![]() When Lysistrata enters, she tells the men that they do not need crowbars to get through the gates, just common sense. The magistrate fires back that it is the men's own fault because they "encourage them in their wantonness." He discusses the fact that the men encourage a culture of promiscuity and sexual permissiveness, which has created this situation. ![]() A magistrate enters and notes that the women of the community are at it again, "with their partying and their tambourines." The leader of the male chorus tells the magistrate that the women dumped water on him and made it look like he peed himself. ![]()
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