Aristophanes | Thesmophoriazusae

Athens in 411 BCE was reeling from war, leading to a rise in skeptical, political theater.

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The play opens with a mockery of the tragic playwright Agathon, who is shown to be highly effeminate and artistic—a direct joke about the theater culture of the time. Athens in 411 BCE was reeling from war,