Meaning of Lysistrata | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A comedy by Ancient Greek playwright Aristophanes, a comic account of one woman's (Lysistrata) extraordinary mission to end the Peloponnesian War by denying men sex.
2. A woman who withholds sex in order to get her way.
3. A female given name from Ancient Greek.
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Examples

“The authors have⟳ drawn to some extent on the Lysistrata to aid them, but have⟳ fallen as far short of the fun as of the indecency of that memorable play⟳.”

“The idea of a sex strike⟳ is as old as Aristophanes. Undoubtedly after a tiff with Mrs. Aristophanes, he wrote his “Lysistrata,” a comedy about wives who end⟳ the Peloponnesian War by resisting their husbands.”

“So I created the same women and started with the same story, but then just played it out in a contemporary setting. Also, unlike in “Lysistrata,” the sex strike⟳ doesn’t work⟳.”

“Making sex a quid for some quo can be, as in “Lysistrata,” a dramatic strategy, but it probably isn’t the best one.”

“Seeing our sexual culture through this data, one might think⟳ we are at war, and Lysistrata a real person.”

“I drop the note⟳ on the floor and take⟳ another sheet and write⟳ "YES. Lysistrata Lee."”

“Lysistratas among the Indian [Iroquois] women proclaimed a boycott on lovemaking and childbearing.”

“Despite all this, the Western media framed these women as modern-day Lysistratas.”

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