Monarch Notes 01-01-1963 The Acharnians (425 B.C.) Background: The Acharnians concerns the "men of Acharnae," a deme seven miles to the north of Athens. It was the third play written by the young Aristophanes - the first two are lost - under the pseudonym of Callistratus. This play, written seven years after the Peloponnesian War began and five years after Pericles' death, is a political play urging the Athenians to make peace with the Spartans. The Acharnians won first prize at the Festival of Lenaea in 425 B.C. Characters: Dicaeopolis "Just city," the model of the good citizen of Athens who ...
