The Ecclesiazusae, also known as the Female Parliament, is a comedic play written by the ancient Greek playwright Aristophanes in 391 BCE. The play centers around a group of Athenian women who, fed up with the mismanagement of their city by men, decide to take matters into their own hands by staging a coup and establishing a new society based on equality and communal ownership.The play is a satire on the political and social issues of Athens at the...