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The Acharnians

by Aristophanes, Anonymous
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Overview

This is the first of the series of three Comedies-'The Acharnians,' 'Peace' and 'Lysistrata'-produced at intervals of years, the sixth, tenth and twenty-first of the Peloponnesian War, and impressing on the Athenian people the miseries and disasters due to it and to the scoundrels who by their selfish and reckless policy had provoked it, the consequent ruin of industry and, above all, agriculture, and the urgency of asking Peace.-From the introduction to 'The Acharnians' by Aristophanes.

Synopsis

DICAEOPOLIS: Is this not sufficient to drive a man to hang himself? Here I stand chilled to the bone, whilst the doors of the Prytaneum fly wide open to lodge such rascals. But I will do something great and bold. Where is Amphitheus? Come and speak with me.

About the Author, Aristophanes


S. Douglas Olson is Professor of Classical and Near Eastern Studies at University of Minnesota.

University of Minnesota

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Book Details

Published
January 1, 2006
Publisher
Digireads.com
Pages
80
Format
Paperback
ISBN
9781420927566

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