Thesmophoriazusae (Θεσμοφοριάζουσαι Thesmophoriazousai; meaning Women Celebrating the Festival of the Thesmophoria sometimes also called The Poet and the Women) is one of eleven surviving plays by the master of Old Comedy the Athenian playwright Aristophanes. It was first produced in 411 BC probably at the City Dionysia.
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author
Aristophanes
character in play
*A Scythian bowman (policeman), *A dancing girl, *A prytanis (magistrate), *A servant of Agathon, *Agathon another poet, *Cleisthenes a notorious homosexual, *Critylla ('3rd woman'), *Euripides the poet, *Herald ''/leader of Woman's Chorus, *Manya Micca's nursemaid, *Micca ('1st woman'), *Mnesilochus his elderly in-law, *Myrtle vendor ('2nd woman'), *Philista another maid to Micca, Silent roles:
chorus character in play
1) Agathon's chorus, 2) Women of Athens
setting of play
1) Street outside Agathon's house, 2) Forecourt of the Temple of Demeter Thesmophoros
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