The title character compares the status of public policy to a ball of wool, claiming that women will weave a cloak for democracy.
The title character compares the status of public policy to a ball of wool, claiming that women will weave a cloak for democracy. Early on, Calonice doubts the plausibility of the plan but later it is expanded to involve the matrons seizing the treasury and cutting off the war funds while Lampito heads the female forces in Sparta. FTP, what is this Aristophanes play, where Athenian women refuse to sleep with their husbands until a peace has been ratified?
The title character compares the status of public policy to a ball of wool, claiming that women will weave a cloak for democracy.
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