Ok.

It's been a while since I've read some Aristophanes, and god... what a play to read after such a hiatus.

Peace tell the story of a lowly master, Trygaeus, as he ascends to heaven on a massive beetle and gets Hermes to help him free Peace, to unknown consequences.

Beyond the slightly decent commentary on peace versus war and the importance of both in a nation, the play's story just meanders everywhere without any drive for me to hang onto in order to stay invested. That, and the characters are just bland. Even Trygaeus' wife-to-be has no development. And this is the playwright who wrote Lysistrata, for Christ's sake!

A lot of it is played on local Grecian humor during Aristophanes' time, such as jokes about the different Grecians of different nationalities, all of which fall flat. There's even one portion where the Chorus talks about how Aristophanes struggled to write this play, which feels as out of place as a rock in the middle of a birthday cake. It breaks the flow of the play and makes Aristophanes come across as far more self-inflated than he actually is (but don't get me wrong, he does have a bit of an ego problem).

Beyond that, Peace has nothing really good in it. It was dull for me to read, and only a remarkably talented cast and crew could make this play an actually decent experience. But this is definitely one of Aristophanes' weakest plays.

لا شك أن الكوميديا التي تستطيع إنتزاع البسمة منك يجب ان تكون متفاعلة مع زمنك ، صعب جداً ان تُشاهد الآن فيلم كوميدي قديم كنت تضحك عليه وقتها ، ثم تستمر في الضحك الآن ، الإنسان يتغير بمفاهيمه وعقليته ويؤثر عليه الزمن الذي يعيشه ، يُقال إنها مسرحية كوميدية ولكني لم أضحك ، وربما لم أبتسم :)) ولكنها ذات قيمة مغلفة ...
يظهر مضمونها في النهاية بان السلام "حلم" مستحيل التحقيق ، إهانة للجيوش والكرامة الخاصة بالبلاد
هذا طبعاً غير إهانة الإغريقيين المستمرة لآلهاتهم كعادتهم ، ولكنها لذيذة .

Cleverly written and very witty satire celebrating the long awaited peace that would end Peloponnesian War and criticizing the incompetent politicians. Differentiating from other plays from that time by lessening the presence and influence of Gods and even mocking them.

Kakva psihodelija! Seljanin, umoran od rata, seda na skarabeja i odleti na Olimp da se žali bogovima. Međutim, oni nisu "kod kuće" i Hermes se sa seljakom prepire i pronalaze dogovor, nakon podmićivanja.

Trygaeus, a middle-aged Athenian, miraculously brings about a peaceful end to the Peloponnesian War,thereby earning the gratitude of farmers
He celebrates his triumph by marrying Harvest, a companion of Festival and Peace.....

Divertidísima (y a la vez muy didáctica, sobre todo si das con una buena edición) comedia de Aristófanes. Tiene puntazos de humor muy buenos (y muy 'verdes' en ocasiones) y es más fácil de seguir (o a mí me resultó más fácil) que, por ejemplo, 'Las avispas', otra de las comedias de este autor. Me puedo imaginar a los espectadores griegos en su momento partiéndose de risa con la interpretación de esta obra.

3,5

Quizá algunas partes me sobran, pero en si se me hace muy entretenido, como cualquiera de las de Aristófanes, que en esta comedia está aún más sexual y obsceno de lo normal (que no es poco)

Another play by Aristophanes, which is almost always a torture to read. He can't focus on just writing about the main plot, but insists on talking non-sense the whole play, yet again.

The play is about rescuing the statue of Peace, after Cleon and Brassidas dies in battle. Too much reference to unknown and not fun stuff here, as usual. Only ok part is Trygaeus mocking those who wants to sell him used war weapons/armors. Plot ends on a huge fest.

Estimated reading time: 2 hours.

Lido pela trad. Mário da Gama Kury.

Es una caótica mamarrachada .Genial en ciertos aspectos...