Great Books Ep 103. Aristophanes - The Thesmophoriazusae. Crashing a Women's Festival
With more prosperity, there could be less rigidity regarding what is masculine vs feminine.
“I choose my dress to suit my poesy. A poet, sir, must needs adapt his ways To the high thoughts which animate his soul. And when he sings of women, he assumes A woman's garb, and dons a woman’s habits.”
~ ‘The Thesmophoriazusae’ by Aristophanes (Benjamin B. Rogers translation. GB5 - p. 602)
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