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Aristophanes s ideas for peace
• Most of the ancient dramas promote
diachronic ideas, such as peace,
friendship, justice etc. More specifically in
Aristophane’s comedy Aharneis peace is
promoted.
PLOT
• Dikaiopolis, the main character of the comedy, goes to Agora
where was the center of public life in ancient Athens, determined
to convince the rest of the citizens of Athens that they should
stop the war with Sparta, which started six years ago. When he
realizes that his goal is impossible to be achieved, he has
Amphitheos, the only one who agreed with him, go to Sparta and
make peace just for Dikaiopolis and Dikaiopoli’s family. Later,
Amphitheos comes back with thirty year truce but this action
causes great anger to Aharneis, the chorus of the comedy, who
really hate Sparta and as consequence want to kill Dikaiopolis for
having act like that. But Dikaiopolis manages with a great speech
to convince the half of them that he’s right but the other half
remains angry and they bring Lamahos who is one of Athens
Generals. Then an argument between Dikaiopolis and Lamahos
starts in which Dikaiopolis is the winner. At the end of the
comedy Dikaiopolis wins the prize of the best wine-drinker while
Lamahos is injured in a fight with enemies.
In the parts below of aristophane’s
comedy “aharneis” peace is promoted:
Part 1
• ΔΙΚΑΙΟΠΟΛΙΣ:
ΟΙ Δ’ ΕΝ ΑΓΟΡΑ ΛΑΛΟΥΣΙ ΚΑΝΩ ΚΑΙ ΚΑΤΩ[…]
ΕΙΡΗΝΗ Δ’ ΟΠΩΣ ΕΣΤΑΙ ΠΡΟΤΙΜΩΣ’ ΟΥΔΕΝ […]
ΑΠΟΒΛΕΠΩΝ ΕΣ ΤΟΝ ΑΓΡΟΝ ΕΙΡΗΝΗΣ ΕΡΩΝ, ΣΤΥΓΩΝ
ΜΕΝ ΑΣΤΥ, ΤΟΝ ΔΕ ΕΜΟΝ ΔΗΜΟΝ ΠΟΘΩΝ […]
ΝΥΝ ΟΥΝ ΑΤΕΧΝΩΣ ΗΚΩ ΠΑΡΑΣΚΕΥΑΣΜΕΝΟΣ ΒΟΑΝ,
ΥΠΟΚΡΟΥΕΙΝ, ΛΟΙΔΟΡΕΙΝ ΤΟΥΣ ΡΗΤΟΡΑΣ, ΕΆΝ ΤΙΣ
ΆΛΛΟ ΠΛΗΝ ΠΕΡΙ ΕΙΡΗΝΗΣ ΛΕΓΗ[…]
ΜΑ ΤΟΝ ΑΠΟΛΛΩ, ‛ΓΩ ΜΕΝ ΟΥ, ΗΝ ΜΗ ΠΕΡΙ ΕΙΡΗΝΗΣ
ΓΕ ΠΡΥΤΑΝΕΥΣΗΤΕ ΜΟΙ .
Dikaiopolis for piece
• The lines above are some parts of Dikaiopoli’s
speech in agora with which was trying to
convince Athenian citizens to stop the war
against Sparta. More specifically he blames
those, who do not support or care about peace
and he expresses his sorrow about the current
situation while he adds how much he would like
to live in peace. Moreover he adds that he‘s
going to shout or even use violence, if people in
agora are going to talk for anything else but
peace.
• According to the words above, we can
easily judge how important and desirable
peace is for Aristophane’s character
Dikaiopolis and how sad and angry he
feels at the same time for people who do
not react in the distractive consequences
of war.
Part 2
• ΔΙΚΑΙΟΠΟΛΙΣ:
ΕΜΟΙ ΣΥ ΤΑΥΤΑΣΙ ΛΑΒΩΝ ΟΚΤΩ ΔΡΑΧΜΑΣ
ΣΠΟΝΔΑΣ ΠΟΙΗΣΑΙ ΠΡΟΣ ΛΑΚΕΔΑΙΜΟΝΙΟΥΣ
ΜΟΝΩ ΚΑΙ ΤΟΙΣΙ ΠΑΙΔΙΟΙΣΙ ΚΑΙ ΤΗ ΠΛΑΤΙΔΙ˙
ΥΜΕΙΣ ΔΕ ΠΡΕΣΒΕΥΕΣΘΕ ΚΑΙ ΚΕΧΗΝΕΤΕ.
• In this part Dikaiopolis gives Amphitheos some
money and sends him to Sparta to make a truce
just for Dikaiopolis and Dikaiopoli’s family.
• Dikaiopolis realizing that he cannot
convince anyone for stopping the war he
makes the decision to make a peace
agreement with Sparta for himself and his
family showing in this way his condemn for
the rest of Athenian people except for
Amphitheos who supports him. He is
determined to leave from now on in peace
and he doesn’t care about other people’s
opinions.
Part 3
• ΔΙΚΑΙΟΠΟΛΙΣ:
Ω ΔΙΟΝΥΣΙΑ,
ΑΥΤΑΙ ΜΕΝ ΟΖΟΥΣ’ ΑΜΒΡΟΣΙΑΣ ΚΑΙ
ΝΕΚΤΑΡΟΣ ΚΑΙ ΜΗ ’ΠΙΤΗΡΕΙΝ ΣΙΤΙ’ ΗΜΕΡΩΝ
ΤΡΙΩΝ, ΚΑΝ ΤΩ ΣΤΟΜΑΤΙ ΛΕΓΟΥΣΙ: «ΒΑΙΝ
ΟΠΗ ΘΕΛΕΙΣ». ΤΑΥΤΑΣ ΔΕΧΟΜΑΙ ΚΑΙ
ΣΠΕΝΔΟΜΑΙ ΚΑΚΠΙΟΜΑΙ, ΧΑΙΡΕΙΝ ΚΕΛΕΥΩΝ
ΠΟΛΛΑ ΤΟΥΣ ΑΧΑΡΝΕΑΣ. ΕΓΩ ΔΕ ΠΟΛΕΜΟΥ
ΚΑΙ ΚΑΚΩΝ ΑΠΑΛΛΑΓΕΙΣ ΑΞΩ ΤΑ ΚΑΤ’
ΑΓΡΟΥΣ ΕΙΣΙΩΝ ΔΙΟΝΥΣΙΑ.
• At this part of the comedy Dikaiopolis
accepts cheerfully the thirty year truce that
Amphitheos brought him, having already
declined a five and a ten year one. He
says that now he can participate and
celebrate at the religious ceremony for
Dionysus and he also points on that he will
no longer worry about the hardships of war
as there is only peace for him from now
on.
• It is obvious that Dikaiopolis is happy,
cheerful and enjoys the current situation
very much. He even compares the
agreement of the thirty year peace with the
food and drink of gods. He is relieved now
that he doesn’t need to worry about
anything that has to do with war anymore.
Part 4
• ΔΙΚΑΙΟΠΟΛΙΣ:
ΚΑΙ ΜΗΝ ΚΑΛΟΝ Γ’ ΕΣΤ’˙ Ω ΔΙΟΝΥΣΕ ΔΕΣΠΟΤΑ, ΚΕΧΑΡΙΣΜΕΝΩΣ
ΣΟΙ ΤΗΝΔΕ ΤΗΝ ΠΟΜΠΗΝ ΕΜΕ ΠΕΜΨΑΝΤΑ ΚΑΙ ΘΥΣΑΝΤΑ
ΜΕΤΑ ΤΩΝ ΟΙΚΕΤΩΝ ΑΓΑΓΕΙΝ ΤΥΧΗΡΩΣ ΤΑ ΚΑΤ’ ΑΓΡΟΥΣ
ΔΙΟΝΥΣΙΑ, ΣΤΡΑΤΙΑΣ ΑΠΑΛΛΑΧΘΕΝΤΑ˙ ΤΑΣ ΣΠΟΝΔΑΣ ΔΕ ΜΟΙ
ΚΑΛΩΣ ΞΥΝΕΝΕΓΚΕΙΝ ΤΑΣ ΤΡΙΑΚΟΝΤΟΥΤΙΔΑΣ.[…]
ΦΑΛΗΣ ΕΤΑΙΡΕ ΒΑΚΧΙΟΥ […]
ΕΚΤΩ Σ’ ΕΤΕΙ ΠΡΟΣΕΙΠΟΝ ΕΣ ΤΟΝ ΔΗΜΟΝ ΕΛΘΩΝ ΑΣΜΕΝΟΣ,
ΣΠΟΝΔΑΣ ΠΟΙΗΣΑΜΕΝΟΣ ΕΜΑΥΤΩ, ΠΡΑΓΜΑΤΩΝ ΤΕ ΚΑΙ
ΜΑΧΩΝ ΚΑΙ ΛΑΜΑΧΩΝ ΑΠΑΛΛΑΓΕΙΣ[…]
ΦΑΛΗΣ, ΦΑΛΗΣ. ΕΑΝ ΜΕΘ’ ΗΜΩΝ ΞΥΜΠΙΗΣ, ΕΚ ΚΡΑΙΠΑΛΗΣ
ΕΩΘΕΝ ΕΙΡΗΝΗΣ ΡΟΦΗΣΕΙ ΤΡΥΒΛΙΟΝ˙ Η Δ’ ΑΣΠΙΣ ΕΝ ΤΩ
ΦΕΨΑΛΩ ΚΡΕΜΗΣΕΤΑΙ.
• In this part Dikaiopolis speaks a great
speech in which thanks Dionysus and
honors him with the typical sacrifices for
having helped him for making peace for 30
years. He also speaks to Falis the god of
fertility and tells him about the truce that
he managed to make and how happy he
feels that he can enjoy the advantages of
peace without having to worry for the
consequences of war.
Hymns to Gods
• Both of the hymns to the gods show
Dikaiopoli’s triumph, greatness and
happiness while at the same time his
gratitude to the gods for having achieved
his goal. He is really thankful that he will
enjoy from now on a peaceful life and he
believes that gods helped him in order to
achieve it, showing at the same time how
religious he is.
Part 5
• Description
The fifth part is a song of the chorus of the comedy in
which peace is promoted as one of the most important
goods of humanity.
More specifically Dikaiopolis is seemed to be the wisest
of men because he made a peace agreement which has
enabled him to be happy with no worries, living in peace
and enjoying its advantages and having his table filled
with goods while the rest of Athenian people starving to
death because their enemies destroyed their crops.
There’s also a hymn for Heirine the goddess that
protects peace.
• The chorus in their song promote the
advantages that peace can brought in
people’s lives also points out the
difference of living in peace and living in
war.
Part 6
• Summary/Description
In this part of the comedy there are two incidents
in which some people who suffer from the
consequences of the war come to Dikaiopolis to
ask for a little peace, just for a few years. The
first one is a man who has lost his animals which
were supposed to be his only source of food and
then arrives a man who is about to get married
with the made of honor and ask for the same
thing in order not for the man to leave for a fight
but live with his wife instead. Dikaiopolis rejects
both of the requests.
Dikaiopolis s decisions
• Judging from the description above we
can reach the conclusion that everyone is
unhappy because of the war and his
hardships jealous at the same time of
Dikaiopolis who has managed to live
peacefully with his family. As a result all of
them the only thing that desire more than
anything else is some peace which
Dikaiopolis does not offer any part of it to
anyone.
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