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Lysistrata

proper noun·Reference

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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.

Other meanings

2. proper noun

A female given name from Ancient Greek.

3. noun

A woman who withholds sex in order to get her way.

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