Apparently John Cleese is the Reincarnation of Aristophanes

I'm reading Lysistrata for my Greek culture class. This thing is by far the dirtiest piece of literature I've ever been forced to read for a university course.

It's a comedy, but it reads like a Monty Python sketch. The strangest line so far:

Lysistrata: "...and I will not adopt the lion-on-a-cheesegrater position."

...I'm quite sure I don't even want to know.