The Acharnians (Billson Translation)

LibriVox recording of The Acharnians (Billson Translation) by Aristophanes. (Translated by Charles James Billson.) Read in English by Expatriate Loaded with cryptic, nearly indecipherable inside jokes and double entendres, this early comedy of Aristophanes has a simple, anti-war premise that resounds down the centuries. On flimsy pretexts, greedy politicians have embroiled the nation of Athens in war after war after war. Dicæopolis is Everyman, an ordinary, plain-speaking citizen fed up with the bumbling, belligerence, and insincerity of the professional leaders. He decides on a whim to make a