'The Performance of Adultery: The Appropriation of Ritual Space and Action in Aristophanes’ Thesmophoriazusae' presented by graduate student, Teresa Yates
Department: Classics
Date and Time: October 30, 2015 | 1:30 PM-2:30 PMEvent Location: KH 400D
Event Details
Aristophanes’ Thesmophoriazusae provides a parodic representation of a religious space in which female agency and speech was enhanced. In this paper, I investigate Aristophanes’ problematization of female domestic activity and agency, which ancient Greek men believed could lead to adulterous or illicit action, which in turn had dire social implications.