Lysistrata

Lysistrata Glossary

Bacchanalia (proper noun)

the Roman festival of Bacchus; a drunken revelry.

girdle (noun)

a belt or cord worn around the waist.

Zeus (proper noun)

the supreme deity of the ancient Greeks.

Peloponnesia (proper noun)

a peninsula forming the southern part of Greece: seat of the early Mycenaean civilization and the powerful city-states of Argos, Sparta, etc.

Thebes (proper noun)

an ancient city in Upper Egypt, on the Nile, whose ruins are located in the modern towns of Karnak and Luxor.

Corinth (proper noun)

an ancient city in Greece, on the Isthmus of Corinth: one of the wealthiest and most powerful of the ancient Greek cities.

flounder (verb)

struggle or stagger helplessly or clumsily in water or mud.

horny (adjective)

feeling or arousing sexual excitement.

Aphrodite (proper noun)

The goddess of beauty, fertility, and sexual love in Greek mythology.

hard-on (noun)

vulgar term for an erection of the penis.

wily (adjective)

skilled at gaining an advantage, especially deceitfully.

Nike (proper noun)

In Greek mythology, Nike was a goddess who personified victory, also known as the Winged Goddess of Victory.

prattle (noun)

foolish or inconsequential talk.

Euripides (proper noun)

A Greek tragedian (c. 480–406 BCE); Euripides was the last of the three great tragedians of classical Athens.

impudent (adjective)

not showing due respect for another person; impertinent.

Adonis (proper noun)

Adonis, like Narcissus, was a beautiful youth in Greek mythology, loved by Aphrodite and killed while on the hunt by a wild boar.

wanton (adjective)

sexually unrestrained or having many casual sexual relationships (typically used of a woman).

staunch (adjective)

loyal and committed in attitude.

hussy (noun)

dated term for an impudent or immoral girl or woman.

soused (adjective)

informal term for drunk.