1 Its protagonist, Trygaeus, emerges as the improbable champion of universal peace (Lysistrata's role 10 years later). 2  The Peace of Nicias was formalised this same year, ending the first half of the Peloponnesian War (referred to in Lysistrata as The Former War).ome events that are significant for our understanding of the play: 1  424 BC: The Knights won first prize at the Lenaia. 2  Its protagonist, a sausage-seller named Agoracritus, emerges at the end of the play as the improbable saviour of Athens (Lysistrata is its saviour thirteen years later).