Peace
Aristophanes
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Description
Aristophanes wrote this comedy in Athens during the Peloponnesian War, when citizens longed for an end to fighting. A farmer named Trygaeus, sick of war taxes and ruin, flies to heaven on a dung beetle to free the goddess Peace, whom the gods have locked away.
With the help of farmers, sailors, and workers, he hauls her out of her pit and brings her home to Greece. The play bursts with jokes about generals, arms dealers, and war profiteers. It still plays as a bold anti war farce, and a reminder that peace must be dragged out by ordinary hands.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Aristophanes |
|---|---|
| COLLECTION | BOOKS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 106 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | Public Domain |
| RIGHTS | PUBLIC DOMAIN |
| SOURCE | Project Gutenberg |