The peace
Book • 1911
'The Peace' is a comedy by Aristophanes, first performed in 421 BC during the Peloponnesian War. The play centers on Trygaeus, an Athenian farmer, who flies to Olympus on a giant dung beetle to negotiate peace with Zeus.
Finding the gods have abandoned Greece, leaving War (Polemos) in charge, Trygaeus, aided by a chorus of representatives from various Greek city-states, frees Peace (Eirene) from a pit.
The play satirizes the war-mongering leaders of Athens and Sparta and celebrates the joys of peace and rural life.
It reflects the widespread desire for an end to the prolonged conflict and promotes reconciliation among the Greek city-states.
Finding the gods have abandoned Greece, leaving War (Polemos) in charge, Trygaeus, aided by a chorus of representatives from various Greek city-states, frees Peace (Eirene) from a pit.
The play satirizes the war-mongering leaders of Athens and Sparta and celebrates the joys of peace and rural life.
It reflects the widespread desire for an end to the prolonged conflict and promotes reconciliation among the Greek city-states.
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Sparta vs Athens: The Peloponnesian War
