Aristophanes
Democracy takes on many forms and continues to be a difficult concept to define accurately. In Aristophanes, The Acharnians, he almost gives the readers immediate insight into the opinion of this comic poet regarding the Greek democratic system and its representatives. Six years after the start of the Peloponnesian Wars in 431 A.D., Aristophanes examines the suffering of his country, Athens, and writes a play. Using his play, he decides to express his strong feelings against this war. By making a mockery of democracy and idiots of those in office, Aristophanes hopes to convince the Athenians of how senseless the war was. The emotions of Aristophanes was directly related to his mistrust of democracy. Furthermore, he has a disgust with the views and actions of the elected officials and had a sincere belief that being honest with the citizens of Athens will bring peace. In order to describe the feelings of Aristophanes about democracy, a short description of Greek democracy needs to be given. What was democracy like during the Golden Age of Athens? Greece was divided into city-states. This
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Approximate Word count = 1215
Approximate Pages = 5 (250 words per page double spaced)
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