!!As the play is OlderThanFeudalism, all spoilers on this page are [[Administrivia/SpoilersOff unmarked]].

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Comedy by the Greek playwright Creator/{{Aristophanes}}, first produced in 425[=BC=]. Quite a bit OlderThanFeudalism.

Essentially a plea for peace and an end to UsefulNotes/ThePeloponnesianWar, which by the time of the play's debut had been raging for five years, the story revolves around Dikaiopolis, an old, war-weary farmer who longs to return home and is increasingly frustrated with the failure of the authorities to pursue peace. After he attends yet another ineffectual Assembly meeting which seems to be determined to discuss anything ''but'' peace, Dikaiopolis encounters an Immortal named Amphitheus, who offers to sell a private peace to the farmer. Dikaiopolis agrees and returns home to enjoy the fruits of his peace with the Spartans, but in the process, he infuriates many of his fellow Athenians. And so he attempts to [[AuthorTract convince them of the virtue of peace]], wagering his own head on his success.

!!This work contains examples of:

* AuthorTract: Dikaiopolis' OpeningMonologue and much of his dialogue while his head is on the block qualify. Though of course, Administrivia/TropesAreNotBad.
* OpeningMonologue: Dikaiopolis has one, during which he expresses his frustration with the war and his fellow citizens' apparent ambivalence towards coming up with a peaceful solution.
* YoungLoveVersusOldHate: InvertedTrope. Dikaiopolis and many of the other older farmers are weary of war, while Lamachus, the only representative of the opposing argument, is depicted as a HotBlooded young upstart. Dikaiopolis even calls him on it.
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