Lysistrata

English Etymology From en grc Λυσιστράτη army disbander. Pronunciation en /laɪˈsɪstrətə/ /ˌlɪsəˈstrɑːtə/ en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Lysistrata.wav Southern England Proper noun 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. 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. Jenny Lyn Bader Is Sex Necessary? 1998-04-26 https://www.nytimes.com/1998/04/26/books/is-sex-necessary.html 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. https://web.archive.org/web/20220612175208/https://www.nytimes.com/1998/04/26/books/is-sex-necessary.html 12 June 2022 Eric Grode Bekah Brunstetter Video Games Are a Playwright’s Muse, Not Her Hobby 2024-04-17 https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/17/theater/bekah-brunstetter-the-game-fortnite-oregon-trail.html 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. https://web.archive.org/web/20250622150350/https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/17/theater/bekah-brunstetter-the-game-fortnite-oregon-trail.html 22 June 2025 Kwame Anthony Appiah Is It OK That I’m Withholding Sex Until My Husband Sorts Out His Invoices? 2025-02-05 https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/05/magazine/invoices-dementia-sex-ethics.html Making sex a quid for some quo can be, as in “Lysistrata,” a dramatic strategy, but it probably isn’t the best one. https://web.archive.org/web/20250930173511/https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/05/magazine/invoices-dementia-sex-ethics.html 30 September 2025 en-GB w:Suzy Exposito I don’t like dating apps – I went to a ‘flirting party’ instead The Guardian 2025-09-30 https://www.theguardian.com/wellness/ng-interactive/2025/sep/30/flirting-parties-millenials-gen-z-dating-apps 0261-3077 Seeing our sexual culture through this data, one might think we are at war, and Lysistrata a real person. https://web.archive.org/web/20261022104705/https://www.theguardian.com/wellness/ng-interactive/2025/sep/30/flirting-parties-millenials-gen-z-dating-apps 22 October 2026 en uncommon en female Ancient Greek. en Analog Science Fact & Fiction October 1960 The Lost Kafoozalum w:Pauline Ashwell https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/30427/pg30427-images.html I drop the note on the floor and take another sheet and write "YES. Lysistrata Lee." Derived terms en Lysistratan Translations Ancient Greek comedy Czech: cs Lysistrata f See also en sex strike Noun A woman who withholds sex in order to get her way. en Stan Steiner 1993 Jane Caputi Gossips, Gorgons and Crones: The Fates of the Earth 225 Lysistratas among the Indian [Iroquois] women proclaimed a boycott on lovemaking and childbearing. en 2020 Helen Morales Antigone Rising: The Subversive Power of the Ancient Myths Despite all this, the Western media framed these women as modern-day Lysistratas. Further reading 1 en eponyms terms derived from fiction Czech Etymology cs :bor grc:Λυσιστράτη<t:army disbander> + 1 Pronunciation Proper noun f en Lysistrata Ancient Greek comedy Declension f.sg Further reading