Lysistrata, loosely translated to "she who disbands armies", is an anti-war Greek comedy, written in 411 BCE by Aristophanes. Led by the eponymous Lysistrata, the story's female characters barricade the public funds building and withhold sex from their husbands to end the Peloponnesian War and secure peace.
As with all Greek comedies, the actors portraying male characters wore phalluses, but since audiences of the day were accustomed to this convention, there would be no shock-humour as might be experienced by the modern audiences of today.
from wiki:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lysistrata To see the phalli in action - is that pural for phallus... phalluses? - see this clip of the scene:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gFTtYrcqw9w
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