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    4 days ago

    There was an ancient Greek play by Aristophanes.

    https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lysistrata

    Edit: someone needs to put this on without modernizing it. This sounds hilarious.

    A Spartan herald then appears with a large burden (an erection) scarcely hidden inside his tunic and he requests to see the ruling council to arrange peace talks. The magistrate, now also sporting a prodigious burden, laughs at the herald’s embarrassing situation but agrees that peace talks should begin.