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Peace by Aristophanes; Johnston, Ian; Crowe, Ian is a science book available to read on EtoBox.

What is Peace about?

Aristophanes (ca 446-386 BC), the most famous writer of Old Comedy in Classical Athens, wrote Peace during the Peloponnesian War (the work was first produced in 421 BC). In the play he makes a passionate, lyrical, and nostalgic plea for peace between the warring Greek states. The play is justly famous, not merely for the usual Aristophanic blend of robust humour and vitriolic satire, but also for the way it hearkens back to the rich joys of peaceful agricultural life.In the play, Trygaeus, a middle-aged Athenian fed up with the war, flies up to heaven on a dung beetle, in order to release the goddess Peace (who has been shut up in a cave by other gods, who are fed up with the way human beings behave). With the help of group of workers from many different states he succeeds in liberating the goddess and bringing peace back to Greece. As is common in Aristophanes, the final celebration has a certain ironic tone, because not all citizens are happy about the end of the warfare (the arms manufacturers and ambitious politicians, for example). Shortly after the first production of the play, the warfare between Athens and Sparta did stop, but, as the sub-text of the play suggests, peace wa

Who reads Peace?

Author

Aristophanes; Johnston, Ian; Crowe, Ian

Publisher

Richer Resources Publications

Published

2010

Language

EN

ISBN

9781935238959

Category

science

Subjects

Fantasy, Fiction

Rating

4.05 / 5 (86 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14