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The Greek playwright Aristophanes hit on "Make Love, Not War" as an anti-war slogan long before the hippies. His comedy "Lysistrata" made sex a war game in 411 B.C.

The Actors Co-op opens its 2007-08 season with "Lysistrata" on Thursday, July 26. Performances continue through Aug. 11 at the Black Box Theatre, 5213 Homberg Drive

Led by Lysistrata, the women of ancient Greece decide to withhold sex from their husbands until they bring the long-running Peloponnesian War to a peaceful conclusion.