[PDF.70qa] Aristophanes: Acharnians (Aris and Phillips Classical Texts)

Aristophanes: Acharnians (Aris and Phillips Classical Texts)

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 | #4899677 in Books |  Aris Phillips |  1980-12-01 | Original language:Ancient Greek | PDF # 1 |  8.00 x6.00 x.50l,.76 | File type: PDF | 232 pages

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||4 of 4 people found the following review helpful.| Tragic Effects|By A Customer|His first surviving play, The Acharnians, was written in the sixth year of the War and, coincidentally, happens to be the world's first anti-war comedy. Inspired by the suffering of the rural population of Attica, the area surrounding Athens which was exposed to continual invasions, the poet built his plot around a hard headed farmer who, tired of|About the Author|Alan Sommerstein is Professor of Greek at the University of Nottingham and Director of the 'Oath in Archaic and Classical Greece' project. He has published widely on Aeschylus, Aristophanes and other Greek dramatists.

The earliest comic drama to survive, it is a highly committed play, its message being that Athens war with the Peloponnesians can and should be ended, and that peace will mean the restoration of normal life after six years' separation of the country people from their land. This volume also contains the general introduction to the series.

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