The Acharnians

About the show

Dikaiopolis, weary of the Peloponnesian War, obtains a private peace treaty with Sparta through Amphitheus. The old men of Acharnae oppose him, but he argues that profiteers and political leaders perpetuate the war. He establishes a private market where he trades with Athens' enemies, while the warlike general Lamachus is summoned to battle and returns injured; Dikaiopolis returns from a feast celebrating peace.