Thesmophories
Thesmophories is a ancient Greek Comédie of Aristophane, written towards -411.
The thesmophories were a festival in the honor of Déméter and his/her daughter Koré, which were held over three days at the time of pyanepsion, i.e. in October. These festivities proceeded only between married women Athenian of legitimate condition.
Summary
Furious against Euripide which installed suspicions with regard to all the women, the Athenian ones project to concert their revenge during the festival on Thesmophories. Anxious for its life, Euripide sends one of his/her parents disguised as a woman for espionner the comploteuses ones. But this one is quickly made discover by its reflections misogynists and its ignorance of the rites. Decree and connected, it is delivered by Euripide which misuses the naivety of the Scythian archer appointed with his guard.
This part of Aristophane takes again certain stereotypes present in other parts: the drunkenness allotted to the women (one of them disguised in addition to wine as a baby), the misogyny allotted to Euripide, parodies of the tragedy euripidienne, the " world with the envers" where the women would exert the political power.
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