id	author	title	date	pages	extension	mime	words	sentence	flesch	summary	cache	txt
grbs-2701	Habash, Martha	The Odd Thesmophoria of Aristophanes’ Thesmophoriazusae	1997	22	.pdf	application/pdf	9695	492	60	2 I For studies of the poet's presentation of genuine Thesmophoric elements and themes, see H. Hansen, U Aristophanes' Thesmophoriazusae: Theme, Struc­ ture, and Production, Philologus 120 (1976) 165-85; A. Bowie, Aristophanes: Myth, Ritual and Comedy (Cambridge 1993); the role of mimesis in this play: F. Zeitlin, uTravesties of Gender and Genre in Aristophanes' Thesmo­ phoriazousae, in H. Foley, ed., Reflections of Women in Antiquity (New York 1981) 169-217; M. DETIENNE, MThe Violence of Wellborn Ladies: Women in the Thesmophoria, in M. Detienne and J.-P. Vernant. This ancient rite, celebrated exclusively by women to promote human and agricultural fertility, was one of the most widespread festivals in the Greek world.	cache/grbs-2701.pdf	txt/grbs-2701.txt