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Men Writing Absurd Female Characters, But Make It Ancient (Aristophanes’ Thesmophoriazusae Part 3)

Let's Talk About Myths, Baby! | Greek Mythology & the Ancient Mediterranean

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Kyle Richards: Aristophanes is going to get even more jabs and insults in at the Trigetian, but I can tell you right now that it's going to fail. The first play he's going to seriously parody through the voice of Minasilikas is the Helen. Kyle Richards: Euripides' version of Helen takes on this idea that she never went to Troy in the first place,. That she was brought to Egypt and left there. It has become one of my favorites.

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