To bind the sworn oath; they make a sacrifice to a god[dess?] ? there is a comic situation here between the women: where Lysistrata was to use a sacrificial lamb, however Calonice points out to Lysistrata that the sacrifice is for peace, so slaughtering an animal would be hypocritical, and wrong. "Well, if we could slaughter a full grown cock": this is Calonice using sexual innuendo, it is important to remember, that although the men are not getting any sexual pleasure at home; neither are the women [both sexes would be frustrated]...
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"Well, if we could slaughter a full grown cock": this is Calonice using sexual innuendo, it is important to remember, that although the men are not getting any sexual pleasure at home; neither are the women [both sexes would be frustrated]. Lysistrata and Calonice's ideas for sacrificial offerings are quickly denied by each other, it is Myrrhine who has the [comic] idea of using a "large black cup" and putting "Thasian vine's blood into it" and using that as the sacrifice...
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