Peace
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Peace is an ancient Greek comedy by Aristophanes that satirically celebrates the end of war and the restoration of harmony to Athens.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Peace canonical | 4 |
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ancient Greek comedy
ⓘ
play ⓘ satirical work ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Eirene ⓘ |
| author | Aristophanes ⓘ |
| character |
Greek farmers
ⓘ
Trygaeus ⓘ War (personified) ⓘ Hermes ⓘ
surface form:
the god Hermes
Eirene (Greek goddess of peace) ⓘ
surface form:
the personified goddess Peace
|
| chorusType | Greek farmers or vine-dressers ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Classical Athens ⓘ |
| dramaticStructure | prologue, parodos, episodes, agon, parabasis, exodos ⓘ |
| firstPerformanceDate | 421 BC ⓘ |
| firstPerformanceFestival | City Dionysia ⓘ |
| firstPerformanceLocation | Athens ⓘ |
| form | verse drama ⓘ |
| genre | Old Comedy ⓘ |
| hasChorus | yes ⓘ |
| hasMotif |
celebratory feast after peace
ⓘ
journey to the gods ⓘ personification of abstract concepts ⓘ |
| hasSubject | war and peace in classical Greece ⓘ |
| historicalContext | written during the Peloponnesian War ⓘ |
| influenced | later European comic drama about war and peace ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | Classical Greek literature ⓘ |
| literaryTradition | Attic Old Comedy ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Trygaeus ⓘ |
| message | advocacy of negotiated peace for Athens and Greece ⓘ |
| meter | various Greek lyric and iambic meters ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| partOf |
Aristophanes' play Clouds
ⓘ
surface form:
Aristophanes' surviving comedies
|
| plotSummary | A farmer named Trygaeus flies to heaven to plead with the gods to end the Peloponnesian War and rescue the goddess Peace from imprisonment. ⓘ |
| satirizes |
Athenian war policy
ⓘ
Peloponnesian War ⓘ contemporary politicians ⓘ |
| setting | Athens ⓘ |
| theme |
Athenian politics
ⓘ
critique of war ⓘ end of war ⓘ peace ⓘ restoration of civic harmony ⓘ |
| titleInGreek | Εἰρήνη ⓘ |
| typeOfHumor |
fantastical comedy
ⓘ
political satire ⓘ |
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Cleon