And what have men, who have always held power in their hands, achieved? wonders Praxagora and decides that only women are capable of tidying up Athens once and for all. And when she manages, through a well-orchestrated conspiracy, to have the administration handed over to them, she proposes a system based on the principle of absolute equality. But human nature always surpasses political designs... Aristophanes critically and humorously examines the limits and endurance of democracy.