Ecclesiazusae

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Ecclesiazusae is a comedic play by Aristophanes that satirically depicts Athenian women seizing control of the government and instituting radical social reforms.

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instanceOf Ancient Greek comedy
play
satirical work
alternativeTitle The Assemblywomen
approximateDateOfFirstPerformance circa 392 BCE
author Aristophanes
centralTheme communal property
critique of Athenian democracy
gender roles
social and economic equality
utopian reform
women seizing political power
countryOfOrigin Classical Athens
featuresCharacter Blepyrus
Chremes
featuresGroup Athenian women
firstPerformancePlace Athens
genre Old Comedy
political satire
hasChorus Athenian women
hasForm verse drama
hasMotif communal ownership of property
cross-dressing
reversal of gender roles
state control of private life
hasTheme abuse of democratic procedures
economic redistribution
tension between idealism and practicality in politics
influenced later utopian literature
political satire in Western drama
languageFeature use of political and social parody
literaryForm comedy in dialogue and choral songs
literaryMovement Attic Old Comedy
surface form: Old Attic Comedy
literaryTechnique exaggeration for comic effect
parody of political rhetoric
use of stock comic types
mainCharacter Praxagora
originalLanguage Ancient Greek
partOf corpus of Aristophanes
period Late Old Comedy
plotSummary Athenian women disguise themselves as men, take over the Assembly, and introduce radical communal reforms
relatedWork Lysistrata
The Assemblywomen
setting Athens
timePeriodDepicted post-Peloponnesian War Athens
workStatus extant

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Aristophanes notableWork Ecclesiazusae