Οι βάτραχοι (1977)
The comedy was written and played at the end of the 5th century BC, at the end of the Peloponnesian War, a time of decline of the Athenian Republic. Aristophanes, on the occasion of the political situation in his country, tries to help his fellow citizens by presenting this comedy. Dionysus and his slave Xanthias, with the instructions of Hercules, go down to Hades looking for a poet, who will bring his city out of the impasse in which it has reached. After the poetic struggle between Euripides and Aeschylus, Dionysus chooses the latter to save Athens and they leave Hades together.
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Kostas Athanasopoulos
Kostas BasisNikos BousdoukosStathis Kakavas
Stefanos Kyriakidis
Ilias Logothetis
Mihalis Mitrousis
Dimitris PiatasGiorgos Tsimidis
Lefteris VoyatzisAnna KokkinouRika SifakiMovie DNA
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What is Οι βάτραχοι about?
The comedy was written and played at the end of the 5th century BC, at the end of the Peloponnesian War, a time of decline of the Athenian Republic. Aristophanes, on the occasion of the political situation in his country, tries to help his fellow citizens by presenting this comedy. Dionysus and his slave Xanthias, with the instructions of Hercules, go down to Hades looking for a poet, who will bring his city out of the impasse in which it has reached. After the poetic struggle between Euripides and Aeschylus, Dionysus chooses the latter to save Athens and they leave Hades together.
How long is Οι βάτραχοι?
Οι βάτραχοι has a runtime of 120 minutes.