Greek Comedy III: Aristophanes’s Acharnians, Or Aristophanes is Sick of the War

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In this episode, we review the oldest of Old Comedy, The Acharnians.

Discussion Prompts
  1. How would you adapt this play for an audience today?  Would you simply use costuming such as is seen in productions of Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar in which the title character looks suspiciously like one current world leader or another?  Or would you update the translation and replace the ancient characters with modern ones, keeping the spirit of the play but not necessarily the text?
  2. Did you have other thoughts about the analysis of this play as you read?  

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I have a BA in History and Classical Civilization from Loyola University Chicago and an MPH from Western Michigan University. I've been a geometry teacher, a religion teacher, a writing tutor. I'm a writer, a knitter, a dancer, a singer, an actor. And, yes, for fun I like to reread everything that was assigned while getting my classics degree.

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