资源描述：
《Acharnians - Aristophanes.pdf》由会员上传分享，免费在线阅读，更多相关内容在学术论文-天天文库。
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
