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The Ecclesiazusae - cover

The Ecclesiazusae

Aristophanes

Translator Society The Athenian

Publisher: Ktoczyta.pl

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Summary

The game begins with Praxagora leaving the house on the Athenian street before dawn. She wears a fake beard and men’s clothes, and she carries a cane and a lit lamp. A chorus of Athenian women enter one on one, all dressed in a similar costume. In order to be more convincingly courageous, some women developed tans and stopped shaving armpits. One woman brings a full basket of yarn in order to get the job done, as the assembly replenishes, to which Praxagora reports to her for this decision, as this will ruin their cover.
Available since: 02/13/2020.
Print length: 42 pages.

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