This edition of Aristophanes' play 'Thesmophoriazusae' features the commentary and interpretation of the German classicist Franz Volkmar Fritzsche. The play is a scathing satire of the Athenian legal system and gender relations, and features the antics of a group of women who take over the Athenian parliament.

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