Ἐκκλησιάζουσαι

Assemblywomen

Author

Aristophanes

Language

Classical Attic Greek

Year

391 BCE

Country

Classical Athens

Genre

Drama / Theatre / Plays

graeco-romancomedies

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Assemblywomen is a comedy written by the Greek playwright Aristophanes in 391 BCE. The play portrays a scenario where the women of Athens assume control of the government and institute reforms that ban private wealth and enforce sexual equity for the old and unattractive. In addition to Aristophanes' political and social satire, Assemblywomen derives its comedy through sexual and scatological humor. The play aimed to criticize the Athenian government's expropriation of land and wealth at the time.