Cinesias (character)

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Cinesias is Myrrhine's husband in Aristophanes play Lysistrata. Cinesias' name is meant to be a pun of sorts as it means (loosely translated) "to move (in a sexual way)" or "to make love".

In the ninth act of the play, Cinesias goes to the Acropolis where Lysistrata and her women are stationed, with a very large erection (roughly the size of a spear) to comically illustrate the sexual frustration he and the other men of Athens' and Sparta are suffering from. Myrrhine says she will have sex with him if he agrees to propose a truce to end the war, and he agrees. What follows is a comical series of events where Myrrhine constantly postpones the act. When they are actually finally about to fornicate, Myrrhine asks him again if he will propose a truce, he responds (Where he once gave a definite affirmative) that he will "Think" about it, Myrrhine responds by running back into the Acropolis, leaving him frustrated and alone.