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Lysistrata is an English word. Below you'll find 7 example sentences showing how it's used in practice.

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Lysistrata in a sentence

Lysistrata meaning

  1. 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.
  2. A female given name from Ancient Greek.

Using Lysistrata

  • The main meaning on this page is: 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. | A female given name from Ancient Greek.
  • In the example corpus, lysistrata often appears in combinations such as: aristophanes lysistrata, lysistrata the.

Context around Lysistrata

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 28.6 words
  • Position in the sentence: 5 start, 2 middle, 0 end
  • Sentence types: 7 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

aristophanes 3× character 1× penned 1×

Often after:

convinces 1× 1902 1×

Sentence patterns with Lysistrata

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

aristophanes lysistrata the acharnians 2× aristophanes penned lysistrata as a 1× his lysistrata 1902 includes 1× in aristophanes lysistrata the athenian 1× lysistrata convinces the 1× main character lysistrata who in 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

aristophanes lysistrata the 2× at sparta women 1× his lysistrata 1902 1× lysistrata convinces the 1× the play is 1×

Common sentence endings:

after the chorus 1× in those cities 1× not at athens 1× quite popular internationally 1× them quite seriously 1× to negotiate peace 1×

Words around Lysistrata

Just before it in the word index:

lysis 16 lysines 2 lysine 47 lysimachus 5 lysicrates 3 lysias 2

Just after it in the word index:

lysocline 2 lysogen 5 lysogenic 11 lysogeny 3 lysol 20 lysosomal 13

Similar in corpus frequency:

aad 10 aadhar 10 aaro 10 abels 10 abidin 10 abidine 10

Corpus analysis for Lysistrata

  • In this selection, "lysistrata" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 28.6 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, aristophanes, character, penned, convinces and 1902 stand out and add context to how "lysistrata" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include aristophanes lysistrata the acharnians and aristophanes penned lysistrata as a. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "lysistrata" sits close to words such as aad, aadhar and aaro, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with lysistrata

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

His Lysistrata (1902) includes the song and tune " The Glow-Worm ", which remains quite popular internationally. (16 words)

These have been the very subjects attracting writers of comedy since Aristophanes penned “Lysistrata” as a vehicle for the young Joan Rivers. (22 words)

Lysistrata convinces the women of Greece to withhold sexual privileges from their husbands as a means of forcing the men to negotiate peace. (23 words)

Longer example sentences

The play is named after its main character, Lysistrata, who in an attempt to end the Peloponnesian War between Greeks city states encourages women in the warring cities to deny s-ex to all the men in those cities. (39 words)

At Sparta women competed in public exercise – so in Aristophanes ' Lysistrata the Athenian women admire the tanned, muscular bodies of their Spartan counterparts – and women could own property in their own right, as they could not at Athens. (38 words)

Aristophanes:Lysistrata, The Acharnians, The Clouds A.Sommerstein, Penguin Classics 1973, pages 18-19 Religious and political issues were topics that could hardly be ignored in such a setting and the plays often treat them quite seriously. (37 words)

Example sentences (7)

The play is named after its main character, Lysistrata, who in an attempt to end the Peloponnesian War between Greeks city states encourages women in the warring cities to deny s-ex to all the men in those cities.

These have been the very subjects attracting writers of comedy since Aristophanes penned “Lysistrata” as a vehicle for the young Joan Rivers.

Lysistrata convinces the women of Greece to withhold sexual privileges from their husbands as a means of forcing the men to negotiate peace.

Aristophanes:Lysistrata, The Acharnians, The Clouds A.Sommerstein, Penguin Classics 1973, pages 18-19 Religious and political issues were topics that could hardly be ignored in such a setting and the plays often treat them quite seriously.

Aristophanes: Lysistrata, The Acharnians, The Clouds A. Sommerstein, Penguin Classics, page 23 In fact eight of Aristophanes' eleven surviving plays are named after the Chorus.

At Sparta women competed in public exercise – so in Aristophanes ' Lysistrata the Athenian women admire the tanned, muscular bodies of their Spartan counterparts – and women could own property in their own right, as they could not at Athens.

His Lysistrata (1902) includes the song and tune " The Glow-Worm ", which remains quite popular internationally.

Common combinations with lysistrata

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "lysistrata" in a sentence?
An example: "The play is named after its main character, Lysistrata, who in an attempt to end the Peloponnesian War between Greeks city states encourages women in the warring cities to deny s-ex to all the men in those cities." This page contains 7 example sentences with the word "lysistrata" from authentic English texts.
What does "lysistrata" mean?
Lysistrata means: 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.
How many example sentences with "lysistrata" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 7 example sentences with "lysistrata", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.