The Acharnians (Masterplots, Revised Second Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Aristophanes
- First Published: 425
- Type of Work: Drama
- Type of Plot: Satire
- Time of Work: 431-404
- Setting: Athens
- Principal Characters: Dicaeopolis, Amphitheus, Euripides, Lamachus, Ambassadors to the Allies of Athens, The Acharnians
- Genres: Satire, Drama, Comedy
- Subjects: War, Politicians, Peace, Greek or Roman times, Greece or Greek people, Wine or wine making, Braggarts, Peloponnesian War
- Locales: Athens, ancient, Greece, ancient
The Story:
Dicaeopolis, waiting for the assembly to convene, sat musing, making figures in the dust, pulling out his loose hairs, and longing for peace. He was fully prepared to harass and abuse the speakers if they talked of anything but peace with Sparta. Immediately after the citizens had gathered, his friend Amphitheus began to complain of hunger because of the wartime diet. He was saved from arrest only by the intervention of Dicaeopolis.
The assembly then listened to a series of fantastic claims made by the pompous ambassadors to Athens’ allies, each speech...
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