Lysistrata
Meanings
name
- 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.
- A female given name from Ancient Greek.
noun
- A woman who withholds sex in order to get her way.
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Etymology
From Ancient Greek Λυσιστράτη (Lusistrátē, “army disbander”).
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