Lysistrata
[lis-uh-strah-tuh, lahy-sis-truh-tuh]
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noun
a comedy (411 b.c.) by Aristophanes.
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Contemporary Examples of lysistrata
She promoted their own Lysistrata moment, convincing the women to deny sex to their husbands until the fighting ended.
Historical Examples of lysistrata
What is it all about, dear Lysistrata, That you've called the women hither in a troop?
LysistrataAristophanes
And here we return to the question of the immorality of Lysistrata.
LysistrataAristophanes
For the Lysistrata is a political play, and cannot be discussed profitably apart from its political ideas and arguments.
Pot-BoilersClive Bell
The Lysistrata expresses the popular desire for peace at any cost.
His first work, Phryn, was produced in 1891, and was followed by an adaptation of Aristophanes' Lysistrata.
The New Gresham EncyclopediaVarious
Lysistrata
[(leye-sis-truh-tuh, lis-uh-strah-tuh)]
The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition
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