The Ecclesiazusae; or Women in Council; was not produced till twenty years after the preceding play; the Thesmophoriazusae (at the Great Dionysia of 392 B.C.); but is conveniently classed with it as being also largely levelled against the fair sex. "It is a broad; but very amusing; satire upon those ideal republics; founded upon communistic principles; of which Platos well-known treatise [lsquo;The Republicrsquo;] is the best example.mdash;From the introduction to lsquo;The Ecclesiazusaersquo; by Aristophanes.
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