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Ecclēsiazūsae
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From: The Concise Oxford Companion to Classical Literature
Date: 19960101
Author:M. C. HOWATSON and IAN CHILVERS
Ecclēsiazūsae ( Ekklēsiazousai ,
‘women at the assembly’), Greek comedy by Aristophanes produced probably in 392 BC (the didascalia has not been preserved). The theme of the play, women taking over the running of the city (from which they were in reality excluded; see DEMOCRACY ) and introducing community of property, has something in common with Lysistrata ; both plays depict the women of Athens seizing the political and social initiative under the guidance of a powerful female character, here Praxagora. A remarkable feature of the play, foreshadowing the ...Read the rest of this article with a Free Trial at HighBeam Research.
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