Aristophanes' Acharnians - Softcover
An English translation of Acharnians into contemporary form. Both a hilarious comedy and a foceful indictment of war. Includes background material, footnotes, suggestions for further reading, notes on production, and map.
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Acharnians, first performed in 425 BC, is a comedy about the ordinary farmer Dicaeopolis, evacuated from his land and pressed into service in the Peloponnesian War. Failing to interest his fellow Athenians in seeking peace, he arranges a magical private peace for himself. On the the way back to the good life in the countryside, he is confornted by a crowd of patriotic charcoal-burners from Acharnae who want to stone him as traitor. But by restaging himself as a tragic hero, Diaeopolis convinces the Acharnains of the justice of his actions and proceeds to expose the corruption of the politicians and generals, especially Genereal Lamachus. After establishing his own free-trade zone and collecting food for a sumptuous banquet, Dicaeoplis wins the national drinking contest, while General Lamachus suffers from ignominious wounds.
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General Introduction
Acharnians
Lysistrata
Clouds
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- PublisherFocus
- Publication date1992
- ISBN 10 094105117X
- ISBN 13 9780941051170
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages9
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ARISTOPHANES' ACHARNIANS Translations with Introduction and Notes
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