From the rear cover
The women of Athens concoct a dating scheme: to infiltrate the male-dominated Assembly disguised as men and to vote themselves into power, after which they will overturn the old laws and inaugurate a new society where all are equal and where property - sex, too! - is shared. This new translation by Robert Mayhew of one of playwright Aristophanes' last surviving plays recaptures the spirit, the bawdiness, and the brilliance of this rollicking farce which is at the same time a profound critique of contemporary Greek customs and manners. A full introduction and explanatory notes provide important background material on communistic ideas current in fifth- and fourth-century B.C.E. Greek thought as well as on historical and other details relevant to the text.
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- Title The Assembly of Women: Ecclesiazusae
- Author Aristophanes
- Binding Paperback
- Pages 124
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Prometheus Books, New York
- Date 1997-04-01
- ISBN 9781573921336 / 1573921335
- Weight 0.3 lbs (0.14 kg)
- Dimensions 8.48 x 5.51 x 0.45 in (21.54 x 14.00 x 1.14 cm)
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Themes
- Chronological Period: Ancient (To 499 A.D.)
- Cultural Region: Greece
- Library of Congress subjects Comedies, Women - Greece - Athens - Politics and
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 96052486
- Dewey Decimal Code 882.01
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