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Lysistrata

[ lis-uh-strah-tuh, lahy-sis-truh-tuh ]

noun

  1. a comedy (411 b.c.) by Aristophanes.


Lysistrata

  1. An ancient Greek comedy by Aristophanes . The title character persuades the women of Athens (see also Athens ) and Sparta , which are at war, to refuse sexual contact with their husbands until the two cities make peace.
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For example, Bannon’s musings on the 4B movement, in which women refrain from sex with men as a form of political protest, included framing it as comporting with the themes of Lysistrata and the rejection of traditional society.

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Since liberals cannot help but show off their college degrees, the 4B movement is being compared to the ancient Greek comedy "Lysistrata," in which Aristophanes imagines a community of women withholding sex from men, in hopes of bringing an end to war.

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While the anti-4B side argues that women can persuade men to change by manipulating them with sex, the Lysistrata camp believes men can be convinced by deprivation.

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He remained with “Hair” when it transferred to Broadway and then London’s West End but, following a run in the 2011 musical “Lysistrata Jones,” the actor said he felt a gap, “between the work I was doing and what I felt I was capable of.”

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Her latest comedy is, “@Lys,” based on Aristophanes’ Lysistrata.

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