For those unaware, Assemblywomen by Aristophanes has been known in the online community for some time as proof that the communist ideals that many women in modernity support are not just a modern problem but can be predated all the way back to before Christ times because of this play.

The play is basically about what would happen if women controlled government instead of men. The play was written as a comedy. Despite being a comedy, for a comedian to make a satire about this topic, he'd need to have an idea of what women were like such that it would seem realistic and therefore funny.

When I read the play, it was obvious this was a comedy. Aristophanes does mention how if women gained power, they'd work towards a more equal share of resources in a very "communist"-style of approach but it's clear this was an incredibly minor part of the play and not really what it was about. The real point of the play is that women are horn-dogs for young men and resent the fact young men get to fuck young women because the old hags all want the young men for themselves. If women controlled government, it would all be about ensuring old women get to fuck young hot men. I think the play accurately captures modern women as well. Nothing has changed in over 2000 years. As for the communist aspect... it was so minor and more-or-less applied to equalizing a woman's ability to get access to sex across all variations of ages that I'd argue this has little to do with communism and isn't a good source to use to prove communism is inherently feminine and that it predates modern jewish-communism. Still, I actually believe the former idea is true but one shouldn't use Assemblywomen by Aristophanes as definitive proof, at best it's like 10% proof.