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The Ecclesiazusae

The Ecclesiazusae (Women in Council) was not produced till 20 years after the preceding play, Thesmophoriazusae, at the Great Dionysia of 392 BCE, but is conveniently classed with it as being also largely levelled against females. "It is a broad, but very amusing, satire upon those ideal republics, founded upon communistic principles, of which Plato's well-known treatise is the best example.-From Aristophanes' introduction.

Genre
humorliterary fictionsatire
Themes
theatrewomen
Setting
ancient historyancient greecegreeceathens
Subject
politics
Audience
adult
Length
short · 162 pages
Form
plays

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