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Ekklēsiazousai
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Women at the Ecclesia

play by Aristophanes
Also known as: “Ecclesiazusae”, “Ekklesiazousai”
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Women at the Ecclesia, drama by Aristophanes, performed about 392 bce. One of Aristophanes’ less-appealing plays, it treats the takeover by the women of Athens of the Ecclesia, the Athenian democratic assembly. They carry out this mission dressed as men, and, once they have achieved their goal, they introduce a communistic system of wealth, sex, and property.

This article was most recently revised and updated by Kathleen Kuiper.