Today the women at the festival are going to kill me for insulting them!’ This bold statement by Euripides is the absurd premise upon which the whole play depends. The women are incensed by his plays’ portrayal of the female sex as mad, murderous, and sexually depraved, and they are using the festival of the Thesmophoria (an annual fertility celebration dedicated to Demeter) as an opportunity to debate a suitable choice of revenge.
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Language English ● Format EPUB ● Pages 66 ● ISBN 9781911535911 ● File size 0.8 MB ● Publisher Sovereign ● City Montefranco ● Country IT ● Published 2016 ● Downloadable 24 months ● Currency EUR ● ID 5769577 ● Copy protection without