Ecclesiazusae

Ecclesiazusae

by Aristophanes

In the ancient city of Athens, the women have decided to take over the government from the men in order to solve the problems of the state and its citizens. Aristophanes, the author of this play, is thought to be criticizing the concept of socialist matriarchy and the socialist-communist system. It is unclear whether Aristophanes was an aristocrat and oligarch or an anarchist and crypto-communist.

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Aristophanes son of Philippus, of the deme Kydathenaion was a comic playwright or comedy-writer of ancient Athens and a poet of Old Attic Comedy. Eleven of his forty plays survive virtually complete....

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