Lysistrata

Greek

"she who disbands armies"

Lysistrata Origin and Meaning

The name Lysistrata is a girl's name meaning "she who disbands armies".

In the Aristophenes comedy, Lysistrata is the Athenian woman who organizes her fellow wives to end war in their country by denying their husbands sex until a peace treaty is signed. Interesting thought, but rather unwieldy as a baby name.

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The name Lysistrata in Pop Culture

• Also found in Lysander paralysis & dialysis, the Greek Lysis, means setting free, loosening; however, it also means destruction.
• Lysistrata Vickers character in "The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes" by Suzanne Collins