Lysistrata

Speech parts

1. Lysistrata - Noun

2. Lysistrata - Proper noun

Meaning

Lysistrata

A comedy by Ancient Greek playwright Aristophanes, a comic account of one woman's extraordinary mission to end the Peloponnesian War by denying men sex.

Lysistrata (plural Lysistratas)

A woman who withholds sex in order to get her way.

Examples

At Sparta women competed in public exercise – so in Aristophanes ' Lysistrata the Athenian women admire the tanned, muscular bodies of their Spartan counterparts – and women could own property in their own right, as they could not at Athens. Source: Internet

Aristophanes: Lysistrata, The Acharnians, The Clouds A. Sommerstein, Penguin Classics, page 23 In fact eight of Aristophanes' eleven surviving plays are named after the Chorus. Source: Internet

NYC credits include City of Light (directed by Tony Award winner as part of SHENYC Summer Theatre Festival), Lysistrata Jones (Ophelia Theatre Group), An Intolerant Vaudeville (The Secret Theatre). Source: Internet

These have been the very subjects attracting writers of comedy since Aristophanes penned “Lysistrata” as a vehicle for the young Joan Rivers. Source: Internet

His Lysistrata (1902) includes the song and tune " The Glow-Worm ", which remains quite popular internationally. Source: Internet

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