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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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Let's Talk About Mids Baby - The Last Episode

This is the last episode in Liv's series on Euripides' play, Thesmaphoria. This week we talk about some of the more problematic issues of this play. There are characters that could be read as trans or just vaguely gender non-conforming. Clisthenes and Agathon were meant to be extremely effeminate but ended up being less respected party in gay relationships.

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