Le gynécée et la politique : une approche d’Aristophane du transfert du pouvoir de l’oikos à la cité.

Abstract

Aristophanes’ comedies have the peculiarity of presenting with coarseness the problems of his time. In The Women's Assembly, he portrays a political satire mixed with saucy, characterizing a committed politician expressing his conviction. Despite its grotesque nature, the comedy puts the question of women’s participation in the management of the city on the agenda. We may wonder if there is a specific occupation for women regarding the administration of the city. Yet, we think that women can manage everything as well as men. By giving women access to power, Aristophanes ipso facto changes the political system in place while establishing the community of property, women, and children. This idea was taken up by Plato but rejected by his disciple Aristotle