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Sexual Violence in History: A Bibliography compiled by Stefan Blaschke |
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Representations: Literary Texts: General »Aristophanes (/ˌærɪˈstɒfəniːz/; Ancient Greek: Ἀριστοφάνης [aristopʰánɛːs]; c. 446 – c. 386 BC) was an Ancient Greek comic playwright from Athens. He wrote in total forty plays, of which eleven survive virtually complete today. The majority of his surviving plays belong to the genre of comic drama known as Old Comedy and are considered its most valuable examples. Aristophanes' plays were performed at the religious festivals of Athens, mostly the City Dionysia and the Lenaia, and several of them won the first prize in their respective competitions.« (Extract from: Wikipedia)
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I. Author Index [Info] Robson, James. »Fantastic sex: Fantasies of sexual assault in Aristophanes.« Sex in Antiquity: Exploring Gender and Sexuality in the Ancient World. Edited Mark Masterson et al. New York 2015. II. Speaker Index - Ἐκκλησιάζουσαι (Assemblywomen) »Assemblywomen (Ancient Greek: Ἐκκλησιάζουσαι Ekklesiazousai; also translated as, Congresswomen, Women in Parliament, Women in Power, and A Parliament of Women) is a comedy written by the Greek playwright Aristophanes in 391 BC. The play invents a scenario where the women of Athens assume control of the government and institute reforms that ban private wealth and enforce sexual equity for the old and unattractive. In addition to Aristophanes' political and social satire, Assemblywomen derives its comedy through sexual and scatological humor. The play aimed to criticize the Athenian government's expropriation of land and wealth at the time.« (Extract from: Wikipedia)
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I. Author Index [Info] Swallow, Peter. »Sexual Violence and Aristophanic Humour.« Aristophanic Humour: Theory and Practice. Edited by Peter Swallow et al. London 2020: 167-182. II. Speaker Index - Θεσμοφοριάζουσαι (Thesmophoriazusae) »Thesmophoriazusae (Ancient Greek: Θεσμοφοριάζουσαι; Thesmophoriazousai, lit. 'women celebrating the festival of the Thesmophoria'), or Women at the Thesmophoria (sometimes also called The Poet and the Women), is one of eleven surviving comedy plays by Aristophanes. It was first produced in 411 BC, probably at the City Dionysia. The play's focuses include the subversive role of women in a male-dominated society; the vanity of contemporary poets, such as the tragic playwrights Euripides and Agathon; and the shameless, enterprising vulgarity of an ordinary Athenian, as represented in this play by the protagonist, Mnesilochus. The work is also notable for Aristophanes' free adaptation of key structural elements of Old Comedy and for the absence of the anti-populist and anti-war comments that pepper his earlier work. It was produced in the same year as Lysistrata, another play with sexual themes.« (Extract from: Wikipedia)
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I. Author Index [Info] Swallow, Peter. »Sexual Violence and Aristophanic Humour.« Aristophanic Humour: Theory and Practice. Edited by Peter Swallow et al. London 2020: 167-182. II. Speaker Index - |