The Thesmophoriazusen

The Thesmophoriazusen ( Greek  Θεσμοφοριάζουσαι Thesmophoriazousai , Women at the Thesmophorenfest ') is a play by the Athenian poet Aristophanes , first performed 411 BC. BC, probably on the Lenées .

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Since the tragedy poet Euripides always portrays women badly and in a reputation-damaging way in his plays, they want to attack the poet at the Thesmophorenfest . However, Euripides learns of the plan and looks for an advocate. After his colleague Agathon refused, a relative of Euripides, Mnesilochus, promised to help the poet. He is supposed to defend him in women's clothes at the women's gathering, but is exposed and taken prisoner. First attempts at liberation based on Euripides' plays fail. When the relative is tied to the stake and guarded by a Scythian , liberation seems impossible. Only after Euripides has assured the women that he will no longer vilify them in his plays, he succeeds, disguised as an old woman, in seducing the guard with a young dancer and freeing the relative.

literature

• Manfred Landfester : Plot and comedy in the early comedies of Aristophanes. Verlag Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 1977, ISBN 978-3-11-006950-1 , Chapter 4.1.1: Thesmophoriazusen, pp. 248-250, books.google.com
• Daniela Hüttinger: On the concept of the political among the Greeks. Königshausen & Neumann, 2004, ISBN 978-3-8260-2613-3 , Chapter III. 3. g: Die Thesmophoriazusen, pp. 88 f., Books.google.com