Peace by Aristophanes

PEACE, set during a pause in the Peloponnesian War in 421 BC, follows the story of Trygaeus.  Trygaeus arranges a peace with Sparta, earning him the lasting gratitude of farmers while garnering the hatred of tradesmen, who will be bankrupted by peace.

Aristophanes (c.446 BC - c.386 BC) was a comic playwright of ancient Athens.  Eleven of his approximately forty plays survive, providing modern understanding of the Old Comedy genre.  Little is known of his personal life.