TY - BOOK ID - 5392538 TI - Thesmophoriazusae AU - Aristophanes, v445-v385 AU - Austin, Colin AU - Olson, Stuart Douglas PY - 2008 SN - 0199265275 9780199265275 9780199553839 PB - Oxford: Oxford university press, DB - UniCat KW - Women KW - Demeter (Greek deity) KW - Fasts and feasts KW - Femmes KW - Déméter (Divinité grecque) KW - Fêtes religieuses KW - Cult KW - Greek religion KW - Culte KW - Religion grecque KW - Aristophanes. KW - Euripides KW - Drama. KW - Déméter (Divinité grecque) KW - Fêtes religieuses KW - Thesmophoria KW - Human females KW - Wimmin KW - Woman KW - Womon KW - Womyn KW - Females KW - Human beings KW - Femininity KW - Thesmophoria (Festival) KW - Church festivals KW - Ecclesiastical fasts and feasts KW - Fast days KW - Feast days KW - Feasts KW - Heortology KW - Holy days KW - Religious festivals KW - Christian antiquities KW - Days KW - Fasting KW - Liturgics KW - Rites and ceremonies KW - Theology, Practical KW - Church calendar KW - Festivals KW - Holidays KW - Sacred meals KW - Religious aspects UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:5392538 AB - "Thesmophoriazusae was performed in Athens in 411 BCE, most likely at the City Dionysia, and is among the most brilliant of Aristophanes' eleven surviving comedies. It is the story of the crucial moment in a quarrelbetween the tragic playwright Euripides and Athens' women, who accuse him of slandering them in his plays and are holding a meeting at one of their secret festivals to set a penalty for his crimes. Thesmophoriazusae is a brilliantly inventive comedy, full of wild slapstick humour and devastating literary parody, and is a basic source for questions of gender and sexuality in late 5th-century Athens and for the popular reception of Euripidean tragedy.Austin and Olson offer a text based on a fresh examination of the papyri and manuscripts, and a detailed commentary covering a wide range of literary, historical, and philological issues. The introduction includes sections on the date and historical setting of the play; the Thesmophoria festival; Aristophanes' handling of Euripidean tragedy; staging; Thesmophoriazusae II; and the history of modern critical work on the text. All Greek in the introduction and commentary not cited for technical reasons is translated."-- ER -