Peace (Cyclopedia of Literary Characters)
At a glance:
- Author: Aristophanes
- First Published: 421
- Type of Work: Play
- Type of Plot: Satire
- Time of Work: The Peloponesian War
- Setting: Athens
- Genres: Satire, Drama, Comedy
- Subjects: Marriage, War, Gods or goddesses, Peace, Greek or Roman times, Greece or Greek people, Peloponnesian War, Oracles, Bronze Age
- Locales: Athens, ancient, Greece, ancient
Characters Discussed
Trygaeus (tri-JEE-uhs), a wealthy citizen of Athens who desires peace between Athens and Sparta. After losing all faith that a peace will be achieved through diplomacy, he resolves to ask Zeus for help. His first effort to climb Olympus by ladders results in a broken head; he then attempts to make the journey on the back of an enormous dung beetle. After a successful flight, he is accosted at the door of the palace of Zeus by Hermes, who informs Trygaeus that the gods are disgusted by the stupidities of the Greeks and have resolved to leave them ravaged by...
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