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The Thesmophoriazusae
By Aristophanes
Published by Start Publishing LLC
Distributed by Simon & Schuster
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About The Book
Thesmophoriazusae was performed in Athens in 411 BCE, most likely at the City Dionysia, and is among the most brilliant of Aristophanes' eleven surviving comedies. It is the story of the crucial moment in a quarrel between the tragic playwright Euripides and Athens' women, who accuse him of slandering them in his plays and are holding a meeting at one of their secret festivals to set a penalty for his crimes. Thesmophoriazusae is a brilliantly inventive comedy, full of wild slapstick humour and devastating literary parody, and is a basic source for questions of gender and sexuality in late 5th-century Athens and for the popular reception of Euripidean tragedy.
Product Details
- Publisher: Start Publishing LLC (November 1, 2012)
- Length: 33 pages
- ISBN13: 9781625580931
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