Fragments

The general introduction that begins Volume I brings current scholarly insights to bear on the intriguing question of the comic poet as a political force. In "Acharnians a small landowner, tired of the Peloponnesian War, magically arranges a personal peace treaty and demonstrates the injustice of war in a contest with the bellicose Acharnians. Also in this volume is "Knights, perhaps the most biting satire of a political figure.— Google Books