Women At Thesmophoria Flashcards
1
Q
What kind of vase?
A
Bell krater
2
Q
Who’s the artist?
A
Schiller painter
3
Q
What does it depict?
A
Aristophanes’ ‘Women at Thesmophoria.’ Close connection to lines of the play- the man is shaved and dressed as a woman and given a woman’s headband, checks himself in the mirror- headband clearly depicted on the vase and mirror suspended above the scene
4
Q
Significance
A
From Apulia, Southern Italy. Bears witness to the fact that Athenian comedy was known in Magna Graecia. ‘Women at Thesmophoria’ mist have been re-performed in at least one southern Italian theatre. As the play’s plot was based in the lampooning of tragedies by Euripides it also implies that Euripides’ plays were also known
