Acharnians - Aristophanes.pdf

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1、THEACHARNIANSbyAristophanes[Translatoruncredited.FootnoteshavebeenretainedbecausetheyprovidethemeaningsofGreeknames,termsandceremoniesandexplainpunsandreferencesotherwiselostintranslation.OccasionalGreekwordsinthefootnoteshavenotbeenincluded.Footnotenumbers,inbrackets,startanewat[1]

2、foreachpieceofdialogue,andeachfootnotefollowsimmediatelythedialoguetowhichitrefers,labeledthus:f[1].INTRODUCTIONThisisthefirstoftheseriesofthreeComedies--'TheAcharnians,''Peace'and'Lysistrata'--producedatintervalsofyears,thesixth,tenthandtwenty-firstofthePeloponnesianWar,andimpressi

3、ngontheAthenianpeoplethemiseriesanddisastersduetoitandtothescoundrelswhobytheirselfishandrecklesspolicyhadprovokedit,theconsequentruinofindustryand,aboveall,agriculture,andtheurgencyofaskingPeace.Indateitistheearliestplaybroughtoutbytheauthorinhisownnameandhisfirstworkofseriousimpor

4、tance.ItwasactedattheLenaeanFestival,inJanuary,426B.C.,andgainedthefirstprize,Cratinusbeingsecond.ItsdiatribesagainsttheWarandfiercecriticismofthegeneralpolicyoftheWarpartysoenragedCleonthat,asalreadymentioned,heendeavouredtoruintheauthor,whoin'TheKnights'retortedbyadirectandsavagep

5、ersonalattackontheleaderofthedemocracy.Theplotisofthesimplest.Dicaeopolis,anAtheniancitizen,butanativeofAcharnae,oneoftheagriculturaldemesandonewhichhadespeciallysufferedintheLacedaemonianinvasions,sickandtiredoftheill-successandmiseriesoftheWar,makesuphismind,ifhefailstoinducethepe

6、opletoadopthispolicyof"peaceatanyprice,"toconcludeaprivateandparticularpeaceofhisowntocoverhimself,hisfamily,andhisestate.TheAthenians,momentarilyelatedbyvictoryandover-persuadedbythe8demagoguesoftheday--Cleonandhishenchmen,refusetohearofsuchathingascomingtoterms.AccordinglyDicaeopo

7、lisdispatchesanenvoytoSpartaonhisownaccount,whocomesbackpresentlywithaselectionofspecimentreatiesinhispocket.Theoldmantastesandtries,specialtermsarearranged,andtheplayconcludeswithariotousanduproariousrusticfeastinhonouroftheblessingsofPeaceandPlenty.Incidentallyexcellentfunispokeda

8、tEuripidesandhisdra

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