The Acharnians
The Acharnians

The Acharnians

The Acharnians This is the first of the series of three Comedies'The Acharnians,' 'Peace' and 'Lysistrata'produced at...
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Author: Aristophanes, 446? BCE-385? BCE
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The Acharnians

The Acharnians

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The Acharnians

The Acharnians

$102.63 $51.29
Author: Aristophanes, 446? BCE-385? BCE
Format: eBook
Language: English
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The Acharnians

This is the first of the series of three Comedies'The Acharnians,' 'Peace' and 'Lysistrata'produced at intervals of years, the sixth, tenth and twenty-first of the Peloponnesian War, and impressing on the Athenian people the miseries and disasters due to it and to the scoundrels who by their selfish and reckless policy had provoked it, the consequent ruin of industry and, above all, agriculture, and the urgency of asking Peace. In date it is the earliest play brought out by the author in his own name and his first work of serious importance. It was acted at the Lenaean Festival, in January, 426 B.C., and gained the first prize, Cratinus being second. Its diatribes against the War and fierce criticism of the general policy of the War party so enraged Cleon that, as already mentioned, he endeavoured to ruin the author, who in 'The Knights' retorted by a direct and savage personal attack on the leader of the democracy. The plot is of the simplest. Dicaeopolis, an Athenian citizen, but a native of Acharnae, one of the agricultural demes and one which had especially suffered in the Lacedaemonian invasions, sick and tired of the ill-success and miseries of the War, makes up his mind, if he fails to induce the people to adopt his policy of "peace at any price," to conclude a private and particular peace of his own to cover himself, his family, and his estate. The Athenians, momentarily elated by victory and over-persuaded by the demagogues of the dayCleon and his henchmen, refuse to hear of such a thing as coming to terms. Accordingly Dicaeopolis dispatches an envoy to Sparta on his own account, who comes back presently with a selection of specimen treaties in his pocket. The old man tastes and tries, special terms are arranged, and the play concludes with a riotous and uproarious rustic feast in honour of the blessings of Peace and Plenty. ......Buy Now (To Read More)

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Ebook Number: 3012
Author: Aristophanes, 446? BCE-385? BCE
Release Date: Jan 1, 2002
Format: eBook
Language: English

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