Author: | Aristophanes | ISBN: | 1230000129186 |
Publisher: | Halcyon Press Ltd. | Publication: | May 1, 2013 |
Imprint: | Language: | English |
Author: | Aristophanes |
ISBN: | 1230000129186 |
Publisher: | Halcyon Press Ltd. |
Publication: | May 1, 2013 |
Imprint: | |
Language: | English |
PEACE, set during a pause in the Peloponnesian War in 421 BC, follows the story of Trygaeus. Trygaeus arranges a peace with Sparta, earning him the lasting gratitude of farmers while garnering the hatred of tradesmen, who will be bankrupted by peace.
Aristophanes (c.446 BC - c.386 BC) was a comic playwright of ancient Athens. Eleven of his approximately forty plays survive, providing modern understanding of the Old Comedy genre. Little is known of his personal life.
PEACE, set during a pause in the Peloponnesian War in 421 BC, follows the story of Trygaeus. Trygaeus arranges a peace with Sparta, earning him the lasting gratitude of farmers while garnering the hatred of tradesmen, who will be bankrupted by peace.
Aristophanes (c.446 BC - c.386 BC) was a comic playwright of ancient Athens. Eleven of his approximately forty plays survive, providing modern understanding of the Old Comedy genre. Little is known of his personal life.