The play is notable for its absurd humour, its imaginative appeal for an end to the Peloponnesian War and for the author's spirited response to condemnations of his previous play, The Babylonians, by politicians such as Cleon, who had reviled it as a slander against the Athenian polis.
| ISBN: | 9781515455585 |
| Publication date: | 3rd April 2022 |
| Author: | Aristophanes |
| Publisher: | Wilder Publications, Inc. |
| Format: | Ebook (Epub) |