The metaphoric theatre of Aristophanes

Aristophanes(b.Ch. 445-385), a comedies writer in ancient Athens is, as other authors after him, very much speculative, this is he is an observer of reality, and he seems managed it very nicely, in the comedy of Acarnians the soliloquist of Diceopoli is nice : “…Joys I have had scant, very scant,  three or four. Instead gravies very much, neither sand of sea…We consider the satisfactions? When they make so that Cleon split the five talents, I have recreated the soul, spectacular! It has been a very joy; I kiss the knocking, they are worthy of Elides. But other time I was waiting a tragedy of Aeschylus and that instead Teognides. I have felt a very grieve in the heart…”, it is alone a simple example of comedy that Aristophanes has written, the humor is, we must consider that the author lived in 5^th-4^th century before Christ, and then these were the canon for a comedy. The wit of this comedy is in the first motive that melted two events one comic, the comedy and other a historic event certainly not pleasant, as the war of Peloponnesian(b.Ch. 431-404); but Aristophanes has found a motive to laugh in this comedy because he has descripted of Diceopoli, a granger, that managed to reach a personal peace, it means alone for him and his family. An herald tells his misfortune: “I was running for to bring to you the truce, and some old Acarnian smelled the smell. They have very robust, bad as oak, robust marathon, and soon they cray: “Criminal, you are bringing the war…”, they gathered the stones in the mantles. I escaped and they back and crying.”, and Diceopoli: “Let them cry! But do you bring the truce?” and the absurd is in this step above all; because the herald gives to Diceopoli three small bottles and he says: “Yes I bring it. Three qualities. It is of five years, taste!”; in this context is also a hint demand for the peace, because the following words are very explicative of this will, because the herald gives the small bottle of thirty years: “hence it of thirty, for the sea and for the earth! There is!”, and Diceopoli. “O Dionysus what smell, ambrosia and honey…I take it, a drink…”; here we can get down on the practice life, because Aristophanes asked the peace, because evidently the Athens were very boring of war; therefore Aristophanes is spokespersons of Athens citizens. And the chorus leader that asks directly to public of indication regard the direction of flight of herald; some time in past in comedy movies the protagonist involved the public with request; and the chorus leader says: “Follow him everybody there! Ask to everybody passes. For the good of city we must take him(forward the public) Give to me a sign who he is, who brings the truce?”; this will of search of guest of truce is other polemical, alone hinted, to enemies of peace in Athens and Greek; Aristophanes hence takes the reality and translated it in theatre, also against the people considers the followers of war. The unicity of Diceopoli that want and reached the peace, is a metaphor like mirror to the same will in Athens, may the will of peace was asked from very scant, or from the great number but they were the common people that aren’t heard, because in those contexts was necessary the army, and the weapons and politic were very important. Therefore Aristophanes become the voice of short people.

Alessandro Lusana