Like the ‘Lysistrata, ‘ the ‘Thesmophoriazusae, or Women’s Festival, ‘ and the next following play, the ‘Ecclesiazusae, or Women in Council’ are comedies in which the fair sex play a great part. In ‘The Thesmophoriazusae’ Euripides is summoned as a notorious woman-hater and detractor of the female sex to appear for trial and judgment before the women of Athens assembled to celebrate the Thesmophoria, a festival held in honour of the goddesses Demeter and Persephone, from which men were rigidly excluded.
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Language English ● Format EPUB ● Pages 80 ● ISBN 9781420900392 ● File size 0.9 MB ● Publisher Neeland Media LLC ● Published 2014 ● Downloadable 24 months ● Currency EUR ● ID 5343704 ● Copy protection Adobe DRM
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