Author: Aristophanes
First Performance: 425 BC, Athens
First English Translation: 1816
Genre: Greek com. in verse
Setting: Athenian Assembly, the farm of Dicaeopolis, and home of Lamachus, 5th c. bc
Cast: 18m, 3f, extras, chorus (m)
The Peloponnesian War has lasted for nearly six years. The Athenian Dicaeopolis is weary of having his farm ruined each summer by the invading Spartan army, so he goes to the Assembly in Athens, demanding an end to the war. The Assembly however merely considers various ways of prolonging hostilities, so Dicaeopolis sends a messenger to Sparta to sue for a private peace treaty, and returns home to celebrate the Dionysia. Unfortunately, a chorus of old men from Acharnae, who are sworn to take revenge on the invaders, have learned of Dicaeopolis' personal peace...
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