Peace by Aristophanes
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"Peace" by Aristophanes is an Athenian Old Comedy written in 421 BC. A middle-aged Athenian flies to heaven on a giant dung beetle to rescue Peace from imprisonment and end the Peloponnesian War. His mission earns farmers' gratitude while bankrupting war profiteers. The play celebrates an idyllic return to countryside life with joyous anticipation, yet tempers optimism with bitter acknowledgment of lost opportunities. Through wildly absurd action and savage satire, Aristophanes lampoons
politicians who profited from war. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Aristophanes, 447? BCE-386? BCE |
|---|---|
| Title | Peace |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peace_(play) |
| Credits | Produced by Derek Davis, and David Widger |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 82.4 (6th grade). Easy to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | PA: Language and Literatures: Classical Languages and Literature |
| Subject | Comedy plays |
| Subject | Greek drama (Comedy) -- Translations into English |
| Subject | Greece -- History -- Peloponnesian War, 431-404 B.C. -- Drama |
| Subject | Peace treaties -- Drama |
| Subject | Aristophanes -- Translations into English |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 2571 |
| Release Date | Apr 1, 2001 |
| Last Update | Jan 24, 2013 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 827 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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