The Knights (Ancient Greek: Ἱππεῖς Hippeîs; Attic Ἱππῆς) was the fourth play written by Aristophanes the master of an ancient form of drama known as Old Comedy. The play is a satire on the social and political life of classical Athens during the Peloponnesian War and in this respect it is typical of all the dramatist’s early plays. It is unique however in the relatively small number of its characters and this was due to its scurrilous preoccupation with one man the pro-war populist Cleon.
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Silent roles, *Agoracritus a sausage seller, *Demos an elderly Athenian, *Demosthenes a slave of Demos, *Nicias another slave of Demos, *Paphlagonian (Cleon) a slave and steward of Demos, *Several slaves, *The Peacetreaties two girls
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