Part 2 Summary

A Chorus of Men appears, each carrying a pot containing fire and branches of wood. The Male Leader urges them to keep moving as they speak a verse of complaint about the behavior of the women. The Male Leader says they've got to get up to the Akropolis, regain control of the Temple and teach the women a lesson. The men vow that they will fight the women the same way they fought in the wars, even though their bodies ache and the smoke from the fires is making them choke. The Male Leader reminds them of their plan to put the wood in front of the door to the temple, light it with the fires from their pots of flame and smoke the women out.

As the men stack the wood and arrange themselves for their attack, a Chorus of Women appears...