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Greek Comedy III: Aristophanes’s Acharnians, Or Aristophanes is Sick of the War
In this episode we read the oldest of Old Comedy, The Acharnians, in which Aristophanes proposes an interesting option for ending the Peloponnesian War.
To join the discussion, visit the blog at Triumvir Clio’s School of Classical Civilization.
References
"The Acharnians - Aristophanes - Ancient Greece - Classical Literature". Ancient Literature, https://www.ancient-literature.com/greece_aristophanes_acharnians.html. Accessed 27 Dec 2019.
"The Acharnians and Old Comedy | The Acharnians Wikipedia". Gradesaver.Com, https://www.gradesaver.com/the-acharnians/wikipedia/the-acharnians-and-old-comedy. Accessed 30 Dec 2019.
Aristophanes. "The Eleven Comedies, Volume 1". Project Gutenberg,http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/8688. Accessed 16 Dec 2019.
Cartwright, Mark. "Peloponnesian War". Ancient History Encyclopedia, 2018, https://www.ancient.eu/Peloponnesian_War/.
Wikisource contributors. "Aristophanes: The Eleven Comedies." Wikisource . Wikisource , 18 Jun. 2019. Web. 27 Dec. 2019.
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In this episode we read the oldest of Old Comedy, The Acharnians, in which Aristophanes proposes an interesting option for ending the Peloponnesian War.
To join the discussion, visit the blog at Triumvir Clio’s School of Classical Civilization.
References
"The Acharnians - Aristophanes - Ancient Greece - Classical Literature". Ancient Literature, https://www.ancient-literature.com/greece_aristophanes_acharnians.html. Accessed 27 Dec 2019.
"The Acharnians and Old Comedy | The Acharnians Wikipedia". Gradesaver.Com, https://www.gradesaver.com/the-acharnians/wikipedia/the-acharnians-and-old-comedy. Accessed 30 Dec 2019.
Aristophanes. "The Eleven Comedies, Volume 1". Project Gutenberg,http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/8688. Accessed 16 Dec 2019.
Cartwright, Mark. "Peloponnesian War". Ancient History Encyclopedia, 2018, https://www.ancient.eu/Peloponnesian_War/.
Wikisource contributors. "Aristophanes: The Eleven Comedies." Wikisource . Wikisource , 18 Jun. 2019. Web. 27 Dec. 2019.