Lysistratan

English Etymology From en Lysistrata an. Pronunciation en en Adjective Of or relating to Lysistrata; achieving a political goal by denying sex to one's partner, or similar. en Patrick Hunt Caravaggio 2004 Haus Publishing 14 https://archive.org/details/caravaggio0000hunt/page/14/mode/1up 978-1-904341-73-4 The public and private outcry when Clement tried to outlaw prostitution or banish its practitioners must have reached the very ears of the ascetic pope himself and persuaded him it was entirely impractical: if he needed workmen, they needed women or he would have an outright war of Lysistratan proportions. en eponyms