PEACE

PEACE

Peace through Greek art and literature

Goddess of peace in ancient Greek

Goddess of the ancient Greeks Irene( or Peace) was the personification of a peaceful state of affairs daughter of Zeus and Themis the goddess of justice and Eunomiarsquos and Trialrsquos sister The Ancient Greeks were often founding altars to her at the end of hostilities We Know many adjectives which are referred to the goddess such as Sweet fabulously rich ldquoPloutodoteira etc The corresponding view for the Romans was the Pax the Latin version A very famous sculpture of her is that of Keiphisodotos Praxitelesrsquo father dated in the beginning of the 4th century BC representing Peace holding in her arms her son Wealth

The status of the goddess Peace

The statue of the goddess Peace holds a scepter in her right hand and her son the Wealth in her left one The small boy has turned his head high looking with manifest love his mother He holds in one hand Amalhteiarsquos horn

This statue declares the abundance of goods the calm and the happiness in peoplersquos life during peaceful time

Many writers in Greek ancient era philosophers and historians have expressed their view on peace

Hisiodos7 BC poet

laquoΕιρήνη ανά γην κουροτρόφοςraquo

laquoPeace feeds men in the worldraquo

Pindaros522-443 BC poet laquoΗ ειρήνη δίδει τροφή στον γεωργό

ακόμα και όταν αυτός βρίσκεται εν μέσω βράχων ο πόλεμος τουναντίον φέρει σ αυτόν δυστυχία κι όταν ακόμα βρίσκεται εν μέσω πεδιάδαςraquo

ldquoPeace feeds a farmer even if he lives in unfriendly lands On the contrary war brings him misery even if he lives in abundant fieldsrdquo

Herodotus 485 - 421415 BC

historical laquoΟὐδείς γάρ οὕτως ἀνόητος ἐστιν ὅστις πόλεμον

πρό εἰρήνης αἱρέεταιmiddot ἐν μέν γάρ τῇ οἱ παῖδας πατέρας θάπτουσιν ἐν δέ τῷ οἱ πατέρες τά τέκναraquo

ldquoNobody is so foolish preferring war instead of peace In peace children bury their parents while in war parents bury their childrenrdquo

Isocrates436-338BCrhetorician

An extract from Isocratesrsquo speech ldquoAbout peacerdquo(355BC)It refers to Athenians who were involved in war with their allies Isocrates consulted them to sign peace So he presented through his speech the advantages of peace and the drawbacks of war

laquoἪν δὲ τὴν εἰρήνην ποιησώμεθα [] μετὰ πολλῆς μὲν ἀσφαλείας τὴν πόλιν οἰκήσομεν ἀπαλλαγέντες πολέμων καὶ κινδύνων καὶ ταραχῆς [] καθrsquo ἑκάστην δὲ τὴν ἡμέραν πρὸς εὐπορίαν ἐπιδώσομεν [] ἀδεῶς γεωργοῦντες καὶ τὴν θάλατταν πλέοντες καὶ ταῖς ἄλλαις ἐργασίαις ἐπιχειροῦντες αἳ νῦν διὰ τὸν πόλεμον ἐκλελοίπασινraquo

ldquo If we make peacehellipwe will live in our town safely having disposed of risks and riots and every day we will become more rich by cultivating our land and by crossing the sea and by employing with other things which have been disappeared because of the warrdquo

laquoΔια την των χρημάτων κτήσιν πάντες οι πόλεμοι γίγνονταιraquo

ldquoAll wars are made for the acquisition of material goodsrdquo

Platoon 427-347 BC philosopher

laquoΔια την των χρημάτων κτήσιν πάντες οι πόλεμοι γίγνονταιraquo

Platoon 427-347 BC philosopher

Peace through ancient comedyAristophanes(448-380BC) All the extant comedies of the

fifth century BC belong to one manAristophanes He was the greatest comic writer of his day By the time Aristophanes began to write his comedies democracy had already begun to sour for the Athenians The people were increasingly demoralized by the ongoing conflicts of the Peloponnesian War Therefore he wrote comedies to express his antiwar messages to his fellow citizens Two of them the most famous all over the world are ldquoPeacerdquo andrdquo ldquoLysistratardquo

ldquoPeacerdquo a comedy is written by Aristophanes

The plot of this comedy concerns the captivity of Peace by War Trygaios the vine-grower decides to release Peace with the aid of God Hermes Together they release Fruit and Theory Irene although she is disappointed by people for their attitude towards her using war to get rich is persuaded by Trygaios to give them one more chance Irene comes to earth and everyone lives happily

Aristophanes through the effort of Trygeos to stop the devastating effects of war and restore peace in our world makes it clear how important it is to live in peace In period of war misery covers everything Even the land is abandoned people die they suffer and lose their possessions Some however get rich from the suffering of others Prosperity happiness progress and development can flourish only in peacetime

Extracts from ldquoPeacerdquo of Aristophanes

ΤρυγαίοςΠού βρέθηκε τόσο κακό Και ο Πόλεμος

ένα βλέμμα που έχειΆραγε αυτός είναι που μπροστά του το

βάζουμε στα πόδιαο φοβερός ο σκληροτράχηλος ο που μας

κάνει να λερώνουμετα σκέλια μαςΠώς τη βρίσκω πώς μ᾽ αρέσει πώς

λιγώνομαιraquoΤώρα ήρθε η ώρα άνδρες Έλληνεςνα γλιτώσουμε από μάχες και από έριδεςτην τριπόθητη ειρήνη έξω να σύρουμεπροτού άλλο γουδοχέρι μπει εμπόδιο295Δράμετε ξωμάχοι έμποροι τεχνίτες και

μαραγκοίξένοι μέτοικοι νησιώτες εδώ ελάτε ο

κόσμος όλοςπάρτε γρήγορα τις τσάπες τους λοστούς

και τα σκοινιάώρα και για μας να πιούμε για τα

καλορίζικα

Trygaeus

ldquo And war what a look he hasI wonder is he the one who makes

us run away when we see him in front of us

So dreadful so cruel makes our legs dirtyrdquo

helliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphellipldquoNow itrsquos time Greek men to

escape from battles and quarrels to draw sweet peace out before some other pestle prevents us

Come laborerslsquo merchants artisans carpenders strangers settlers and islanders come here all of you take picks and levers and ropes

Itrsquos time to drink in honour of good luck

Lysistrata a comedy of Aristophanes

Lysistrata is a comedy by Aristophanes which it is referred to the Peloponnesian war Women with their leader Lysistrata decided to stop the war and to bring back the peace to their homeland

This effort starts with the initial idea of Lysistrata to propose to other women of Athens abstinence from their ldquoconjugal dutiesrdquo until men decide the end of the war At first women were hesitant but they were convinced and swore an oath to never lay with their husband until a peace treaty was signed To ensure the Athenian would honor the treaty Athenian women locked themselves in the Parthenon were the Athenian treasury was stationed As a result a fight broke out between men and women Men were furious about the womenrsquos mutiny but in the end unable to deal with the ldquoneedsrdquo of a city populated by men alone they saw the error of their ways and signed a peace treaty

Peace through ancient drama Euripides (485-406BC) was a tragic

poet and one of the three Grand Masters of the Attic drama in ancient Greek theater

One of the most famous Euripidesrsquo tragedies is ldquoHelenrdquordquo It was written in 412 BC and it was presented on the aftermath of the defeat of the Athenians during the Sicilian campaign which was a heavy blow to their military and their economy

Through this drama he doomed the war as the cause of everything bad

Euripides

The story of Tragedy ldquoHelenrdquo Menelaus after the fall of Troy sailed

to Egypt where he met Helen and learned with amazement that in Troy Helen was nothing but an illusion a shadow maifested by the goddess Ira to avenge the Trojans The real Helen was hidden in Egypt throughout the entire Trojan campaign The devastating war of Troy was based on nothing but a lie The king of Egypt Theoclymenus wants to marry Helen but she manages to escape secretly with Menelaus The project is characterized as anti-war drama because Euripides demonstrates that the war of Troy was based on a lie So why are people fighting

Beautiful Helen the cause of the Trojan war

Phrases with anti- war message through tragedy ldquoHelenrdquo

Ανέμυαλοι όσοι αποζητούν τη δόξα με λόγχες και με δυνατά στον πόλεμο κοντάριαlsquo

ldquoBrainless those who seek glory in arms and heavy spears of warhelliprdquo

Phrases with anti- war message through tragedy ldquoHelenrdquo

laquo hellipαν το δίκιο σου ζητάς με το αίμα

η αμάχη δε θα λείψει από τον κόσμογι αυτήν οι Πριαμίδες πήγαν κάτω στη γης ενώ μπορούσαν μονάχα με τα λόγια Ελένητέλος να δώσουνε στην έχθραraquoldquohellipif you ask for your right with blood the hostility will not miss from the worldso that the Priamides were buried under their lands

while with words Helen they could cease these enmities

A contemporary poet Georgios Seferis who awarded with the Nobel prize of literature inspired this poem from Euripidesrsquo tragedy ldquoHelenrdquo

ΓΙΑ ΕΝΑ ΠΟΥΚΑΜΙΣΟ ΑΔΕΙΑΝΟΚαι στην ΤροίαΤίποτε στην Τροία ndash ένα είδωλοΈτσι το θέλαν οι θεοίΚι ο Πάρης μ έναν ίσκιο πλάγιαζε σαν

να ήταν πλάσμα ατόφιοκι εμείς σφαζόμασταν για την Ελένη

δέκα χρόνιαΜεγάλος πόνος είχε πέσει στην

ΕλλάδαΤόσα κορμιά ριγμέναστα σαγόνια της θάλασσας στα

σαγόνια της γηςτόσες ψυχέςδοσμένες στις μυλόπετρες σαν το

σιτάριΚι οι ποταμοί φούσκωναν μες τη

λάσπη το αίμαγια ένα λινό κυμάτισμα για μια νεφέλημιας πεταλούδας τίναγμα το πούπουλο

ενός κύκνουγια ένα πουκάμισο αδειανό για μιαν

Ελένη

And in TroyNothing in Troy ndash just an imageSo the gods decidedAnd Paris with a shadow creature

lay as if it were realand we were fighting for Helen for

ten yearsInsufferable pain had fallen in

GreeceSo many bodies were thrownIn the jaws of the sea in Earthrsquosso many soulsgiven to millstones like wheatAnd the rivers were rising in the

mud of bloodfor a heaving for a linen cloudof a butterfly shaking the feather

of a swanfor an empty shirt for a Helen

Peace in Olympic Games in ancient period

The Olympic Truce is the cessation of hostile actions between Ancient Greek Cities for a period of time during which they participated in the Ancient Olympic Games In recent decades there have been efforts to make this truce a global institution The idea of the Olympic Truce is connected to the Olympic Games in ancient times From the seventh day before the start of the Olympic Games until the seventh day after all wars were stopped so that all athletes released from military obligations could travel in order to join in the Games The International Olympic Committee has recently proceeded to establish the International Olympic Truce Foundation which is always in collaboration with the Greek governments

Olympic games in ancient period

Ancient Olympia a place where value of peace was born

This work was based on information which has been gathered by students from their books such as ldquoDramatic poetry Eyripidesrsquo Helenrdquo ldquoAncient Greek languagerdquo and from the internet

PEACE

Peace through Greek art and literature

Goddess of peace in ancient Greek

Goddess of the ancient Greeks Irene( or Peace) was the personification of a peaceful state of affairs daughter of Zeus and Themis the goddess of justice and Eunomiarsquos and Trialrsquos sister The Ancient Greeks were often founding altars to her at the end of hostilities We Know many adjectives which are referred to the goddess such as Sweet fabulously rich ldquoPloutodoteira etc The corresponding view for the Romans was the Pax the Latin version A very famous sculpture of her is that of Keiphisodotos Praxitelesrsquo father dated in the beginning of the 4th century BC representing Peace holding in her arms her son Wealth

The status of the goddess Peace

The statue of the goddess Peace holds a scepter in her right hand and her son the Wealth in her left one The small boy has turned his head high looking with manifest love his mother He holds in one hand Amalhteiarsquos horn

This statue declares the abundance of goods the calm and the happiness in peoplersquos life during peaceful time

Many writers in Greek ancient era philosophers and historians have expressed their view on peace

Hisiodos7 BC poet

laquoΕιρήνη ανά γην κουροτρόφοςraquo

laquoPeace feeds men in the worldraquo

Pindaros522-443 BC poet laquoΗ ειρήνη δίδει τροφή στον γεωργό

ακόμα και όταν αυτός βρίσκεται εν μέσω βράχων ο πόλεμος τουναντίον φέρει σ αυτόν δυστυχία κι όταν ακόμα βρίσκεται εν μέσω πεδιάδαςraquo

ldquoPeace feeds a farmer even if he lives in unfriendly lands On the contrary war brings him misery even if he lives in abundant fieldsrdquo

Herodotus 485 - 421415 BC

historical laquoΟὐδείς γάρ οὕτως ἀνόητος ἐστιν ὅστις πόλεμον

πρό εἰρήνης αἱρέεταιmiddot ἐν μέν γάρ τῇ οἱ παῖδας πατέρας θάπτουσιν ἐν δέ τῷ οἱ πατέρες τά τέκναraquo

ldquoNobody is so foolish preferring war instead of peace In peace children bury their parents while in war parents bury their childrenrdquo

Isocrates436-338BCrhetorician

An extract from Isocratesrsquo speech ldquoAbout peacerdquo(355BC)It refers to Athenians who were involved in war with their allies Isocrates consulted them to sign peace So he presented through his speech the advantages of peace and the drawbacks of war

laquoἪν δὲ τὴν εἰρήνην ποιησώμεθα [] μετὰ πολλῆς μὲν ἀσφαλείας τὴν πόλιν οἰκήσομεν ἀπαλλαγέντες πολέμων καὶ κινδύνων καὶ ταραχῆς [] καθrsquo ἑκάστην δὲ τὴν ἡμέραν πρὸς εὐπορίαν ἐπιδώσομεν [] ἀδεῶς γεωργοῦντες καὶ τὴν θάλατταν πλέοντες καὶ ταῖς ἄλλαις ἐργασίαις ἐπιχειροῦντες αἳ νῦν διὰ τὸν πόλεμον ἐκλελοίπασινraquo

ldquo If we make peacehellipwe will live in our town safely having disposed of risks and riots and every day we will become more rich by cultivating our land and by crossing the sea and by employing with other things which have been disappeared because of the warrdquo

laquoΔια την των χρημάτων κτήσιν πάντες οι πόλεμοι γίγνονταιraquo

ldquoAll wars are made for the acquisition of material goodsrdquo

Platoon 427-347 BC philosopher

laquoΔια την των χρημάτων κτήσιν πάντες οι πόλεμοι γίγνονταιraquo

Platoon 427-347 BC philosopher

Peace through ancient comedyAristophanes(448-380BC) All the extant comedies of the

fifth century BC belong to one manAristophanes He was the greatest comic writer of his day By the time Aristophanes began to write his comedies democracy had already begun to sour for the Athenians The people were increasingly demoralized by the ongoing conflicts of the Peloponnesian War Therefore he wrote comedies to express his antiwar messages to his fellow citizens Two of them the most famous all over the world are ldquoPeacerdquo andrdquo ldquoLysistratardquo

ldquoPeacerdquo a comedy is written by Aristophanes

The plot of this comedy concerns the captivity of Peace by War Trygaios the vine-grower decides to release Peace with the aid of God Hermes Together they release Fruit and Theory Irene although she is disappointed by people for their attitude towards her using war to get rich is persuaded by Trygaios to give them one more chance Irene comes to earth and everyone lives happily

Aristophanes through the effort of Trygeos to stop the devastating effects of war and restore peace in our world makes it clear how important it is to live in peace In period of war misery covers everything Even the land is abandoned people die they suffer and lose their possessions Some however get rich from the suffering of others Prosperity happiness progress and development can flourish only in peacetime

Extracts from ldquoPeacerdquo of Aristophanes

ΤρυγαίοςΠού βρέθηκε τόσο κακό Και ο Πόλεμος

ένα βλέμμα που έχειΆραγε αυτός είναι που μπροστά του το

βάζουμε στα πόδιαο φοβερός ο σκληροτράχηλος ο που μας

κάνει να λερώνουμετα σκέλια μαςΠώς τη βρίσκω πώς μ᾽ αρέσει πώς

λιγώνομαιraquoΤώρα ήρθε η ώρα άνδρες Έλληνεςνα γλιτώσουμε από μάχες και από έριδεςτην τριπόθητη ειρήνη έξω να σύρουμεπροτού άλλο γουδοχέρι μπει εμπόδιο295Δράμετε ξωμάχοι έμποροι τεχνίτες και

μαραγκοίξένοι μέτοικοι νησιώτες εδώ ελάτε ο

κόσμος όλοςπάρτε γρήγορα τις τσάπες τους λοστούς

και τα σκοινιάώρα και για μας να πιούμε για τα

καλορίζικα

Trygaeus

ldquo And war what a look he hasI wonder is he the one who makes

us run away when we see him in front of us

So dreadful so cruel makes our legs dirtyrdquo

helliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphellipldquoNow itrsquos time Greek men to

escape from battles and quarrels to draw sweet peace out before some other pestle prevents us

Come laborerslsquo merchants artisans carpenders strangers settlers and islanders come here all of you take picks and levers and ropes

Itrsquos time to drink in honour of good luck

Lysistrata a comedy of Aristophanes

Lysistrata is a comedy by Aristophanes which it is referred to the Peloponnesian war Women with their leader Lysistrata decided to stop the war and to bring back the peace to their homeland

This effort starts with the initial idea of Lysistrata to propose to other women of Athens abstinence from their ldquoconjugal dutiesrdquo until men decide the end of the war At first women were hesitant but they were convinced and swore an oath to never lay with their husband until a peace treaty was signed To ensure the Athenian would honor the treaty Athenian women locked themselves in the Parthenon were the Athenian treasury was stationed As a result a fight broke out between men and women Men were furious about the womenrsquos mutiny but in the end unable to deal with the ldquoneedsrdquo of a city populated by men alone they saw the error of their ways and signed a peace treaty

Peace through ancient drama Euripides (485-406BC) was a tragic

poet and one of the three Grand Masters of the Attic drama in ancient Greek theater

One of the most famous Euripidesrsquo tragedies is ldquoHelenrdquordquo It was written in 412 BC and it was presented on the aftermath of the defeat of the Athenians during the Sicilian campaign which was a heavy blow to their military and their economy

Through this drama he doomed the war as the cause of everything bad

Euripides

The story of Tragedy ldquoHelenrdquo Menelaus after the fall of Troy sailed

to Egypt where he met Helen and learned with amazement that in Troy Helen was nothing but an illusion a shadow maifested by the goddess Ira to avenge the Trojans The real Helen was hidden in Egypt throughout the entire Trojan campaign The devastating war of Troy was based on nothing but a lie The king of Egypt Theoclymenus wants to marry Helen but she manages to escape secretly with Menelaus The project is characterized as anti-war drama because Euripides demonstrates that the war of Troy was based on a lie So why are people fighting

Beautiful Helen the cause of the Trojan war

Phrases with anti- war message through tragedy ldquoHelenrdquo

Ανέμυαλοι όσοι αποζητούν τη δόξα με λόγχες και με δυνατά στον πόλεμο κοντάριαlsquo

ldquoBrainless those who seek glory in arms and heavy spears of warhelliprdquo

Phrases with anti- war message through tragedy ldquoHelenrdquo

laquo hellipαν το δίκιο σου ζητάς με το αίμα

η αμάχη δε θα λείψει από τον κόσμογι αυτήν οι Πριαμίδες πήγαν κάτω στη γης ενώ μπορούσαν μονάχα με τα λόγια Ελένητέλος να δώσουνε στην έχθραraquoldquohellipif you ask for your right with blood the hostility will not miss from the worldso that the Priamides were buried under their lands

while with words Helen they could cease these enmities

A contemporary poet Georgios Seferis who awarded with the Nobel prize of literature inspired this poem from Euripidesrsquo tragedy ldquoHelenrdquo

ΓΙΑ ΕΝΑ ΠΟΥΚΑΜΙΣΟ ΑΔΕΙΑΝΟΚαι στην ΤροίαΤίποτε στην Τροία ndash ένα είδωλοΈτσι το θέλαν οι θεοίΚι ο Πάρης μ έναν ίσκιο πλάγιαζε σαν

να ήταν πλάσμα ατόφιοκι εμείς σφαζόμασταν για την Ελένη

δέκα χρόνιαΜεγάλος πόνος είχε πέσει στην

ΕλλάδαΤόσα κορμιά ριγμέναστα σαγόνια της θάλασσας στα

σαγόνια της γηςτόσες ψυχέςδοσμένες στις μυλόπετρες σαν το

σιτάριΚι οι ποταμοί φούσκωναν μες τη

λάσπη το αίμαγια ένα λινό κυμάτισμα για μια νεφέλημιας πεταλούδας τίναγμα το πούπουλο

ενός κύκνουγια ένα πουκάμισο αδειανό για μιαν

Ελένη

And in TroyNothing in Troy ndash just an imageSo the gods decidedAnd Paris with a shadow creature

lay as if it were realand we were fighting for Helen for

ten yearsInsufferable pain had fallen in

GreeceSo many bodies were thrownIn the jaws of the sea in Earthrsquosso many soulsgiven to millstones like wheatAnd the rivers were rising in the

mud of bloodfor a heaving for a linen cloudof a butterfly shaking the feather

of a swanfor an empty shirt for a Helen

Peace in Olympic Games in ancient period

The Olympic Truce is the cessation of hostile actions between Ancient Greek Cities for a period of time during which they participated in the Ancient Olympic Games In recent decades there have been efforts to make this truce a global institution The idea of the Olympic Truce is connected to the Olympic Games in ancient times From the seventh day before the start of the Olympic Games until the seventh day after all wars were stopped so that all athletes released from military obligations could travel in order to join in the Games The International Olympic Committee has recently proceeded to establish the International Olympic Truce Foundation which is always in collaboration with the Greek governments

Olympic games in ancient period

Ancient Olympia a place where value of peace was born

This work was based on information which has been gathered by students from their books such as ldquoDramatic poetry Eyripidesrsquo Helenrdquo ldquoAncient Greek languagerdquo and from the internet

Goddess of peace in ancient Greek

Goddess of the ancient Greeks Irene( or Peace) was the personification of a peaceful state of affairs daughter of Zeus and Themis the goddess of justice and Eunomiarsquos and Trialrsquos sister The Ancient Greeks were often founding altars to her at the end of hostilities We Know many adjectives which are referred to the goddess such as Sweet fabulously rich ldquoPloutodoteira etc The corresponding view for the Romans was the Pax the Latin version A very famous sculpture of her is that of Keiphisodotos Praxitelesrsquo father dated in the beginning of the 4th century BC representing Peace holding in her arms her son Wealth

The status of the goddess Peace

The statue of the goddess Peace holds a scepter in her right hand and her son the Wealth in her left one The small boy has turned his head high looking with manifest love his mother He holds in one hand Amalhteiarsquos horn

This statue declares the abundance of goods the calm and the happiness in peoplersquos life during peaceful time

Many writers in Greek ancient era philosophers and historians have expressed their view on peace

Hisiodos7 BC poet

laquoΕιρήνη ανά γην κουροτρόφοςraquo

laquoPeace feeds men in the worldraquo

Pindaros522-443 BC poet laquoΗ ειρήνη δίδει τροφή στον γεωργό

ακόμα και όταν αυτός βρίσκεται εν μέσω βράχων ο πόλεμος τουναντίον φέρει σ αυτόν δυστυχία κι όταν ακόμα βρίσκεται εν μέσω πεδιάδαςraquo

ldquoPeace feeds a farmer even if he lives in unfriendly lands On the contrary war brings him misery even if he lives in abundant fieldsrdquo

Herodotus 485 - 421415 BC

historical laquoΟὐδείς γάρ οὕτως ἀνόητος ἐστιν ὅστις πόλεμον

πρό εἰρήνης αἱρέεταιmiddot ἐν μέν γάρ τῇ οἱ παῖδας πατέρας θάπτουσιν ἐν δέ τῷ οἱ πατέρες τά τέκναraquo

ldquoNobody is so foolish preferring war instead of peace In peace children bury their parents while in war parents bury their childrenrdquo

Isocrates436-338BCrhetorician

An extract from Isocratesrsquo speech ldquoAbout peacerdquo(355BC)It refers to Athenians who were involved in war with their allies Isocrates consulted them to sign peace So he presented through his speech the advantages of peace and the drawbacks of war

laquoἪν δὲ τὴν εἰρήνην ποιησώμεθα [] μετὰ πολλῆς μὲν ἀσφαλείας τὴν πόλιν οἰκήσομεν ἀπαλλαγέντες πολέμων καὶ κινδύνων καὶ ταραχῆς [] καθrsquo ἑκάστην δὲ τὴν ἡμέραν πρὸς εὐπορίαν ἐπιδώσομεν [] ἀδεῶς γεωργοῦντες καὶ τὴν θάλατταν πλέοντες καὶ ταῖς ἄλλαις ἐργασίαις ἐπιχειροῦντες αἳ νῦν διὰ τὸν πόλεμον ἐκλελοίπασινraquo

ldquo If we make peacehellipwe will live in our town safely having disposed of risks and riots and every day we will become more rich by cultivating our land and by crossing the sea and by employing with other things which have been disappeared because of the warrdquo

laquoΔια την των χρημάτων κτήσιν πάντες οι πόλεμοι γίγνονταιraquo

ldquoAll wars are made for the acquisition of material goodsrdquo

Platoon 427-347 BC philosopher

laquoΔια την των χρημάτων κτήσιν πάντες οι πόλεμοι γίγνονταιraquo

Platoon 427-347 BC philosopher

Peace through ancient comedyAristophanes(448-380BC) All the extant comedies of the

fifth century BC belong to one manAristophanes He was the greatest comic writer of his day By the time Aristophanes began to write his comedies democracy had already begun to sour for the Athenians The people were increasingly demoralized by the ongoing conflicts of the Peloponnesian War Therefore he wrote comedies to express his antiwar messages to his fellow citizens Two of them the most famous all over the world are ldquoPeacerdquo andrdquo ldquoLysistratardquo

ldquoPeacerdquo a comedy is written by Aristophanes

The plot of this comedy concerns the captivity of Peace by War Trygaios the vine-grower decides to release Peace with the aid of God Hermes Together they release Fruit and Theory Irene although she is disappointed by people for their attitude towards her using war to get rich is persuaded by Trygaios to give them one more chance Irene comes to earth and everyone lives happily

Aristophanes through the effort of Trygeos to stop the devastating effects of war and restore peace in our world makes it clear how important it is to live in peace In period of war misery covers everything Even the land is abandoned people die they suffer and lose their possessions Some however get rich from the suffering of others Prosperity happiness progress and development can flourish only in peacetime

Extracts from ldquoPeacerdquo of Aristophanes

ΤρυγαίοςΠού βρέθηκε τόσο κακό Και ο Πόλεμος

ένα βλέμμα που έχειΆραγε αυτός είναι που μπροστά του το

βάζουμε στα πόδιαο φοβερός ο σκληροτράχηλος ο που μας

κάνει να λερώνουμετα σκέλια μαςΠώς τη βρίσκω πώς μ᾽ αρέσει πώς

λιγώνομαιraquoΤώρα ήρθε η ώρα άνδρες Έλληνεςνα γλιτώσουμε από μάχες και από έριδεςτην τριπόθητη ειρήνη έξω να σύρουμεπροτού άλλο γουδοχέρι μπει εμπόδιο295Δράμετε ξωμάχοι έμποροι τεχνίτες και

μαραγκοίξένοι μέτοικοι νησιώτες εδώ ελάτε ο

κόσμος όλοςπάρτε γρήγορα τις τσάπες τους λοστούς

και τα σκοινιάώρα και για μας να πιούμε για τα

καλορίζικα

Trygaeus

ldquo And war what a look he hasI wonder is he the one who makes

us run away when we see him in front of us

So dreadful so cruel makes our legs dirtyrdquo

helliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphellipldquoNow itrsquos time Greek men to

escape from battles and quarrels to draw sweet peace out before some other pestle prevents us

Come laborerslsquo merchants artisans carpenders strangers settlers and islanders come here all of you take picks and levers and ropes

Itrsquos time to drink in honour of good luck

Lysistrata a comedy of Aristophanes

Lysistrata is a comedy by Aristophanes which it is referred to the Peloponnesian war Women with their leader Lysistrata decided to stop the war and to bring back the peace to their homeland

This effort starts with the initial idea of Lysistrata to propose to other women of Athens abstinence from their ldquoconjugal dutiesrdquo until men decide the end of the war At first women were hesitant but they were convinced and swore an oath to never lay with their husband until a peace treaty was signed To ensure the Athenian would honor the treaty Athenian women locked themselves in the Parthenon were the Athenian treasury was stationed As a result a fight broke out between men and women Men were furious about the womenrsquos mutiny but in the end unable to deal with the ldquoneedsrdquo of a city populated by men alone they saw the error of their ways and signed a peace treaty

Peace through ancient drama Euripides (485-406BC) was a tragic

poet and one of the three Grand Masters of the Attic drama in ancient Greek theater

One of the most famous Euripidesrsquo tragedies is ldquoHelenrdquordquo It was written in 412 BC and it was presented on the aftermath of the defeat of the Athenians during the Sicilian campaign which was a heavy blow to their military and their economy

Through this drama he doomed the war as the cause of everything bad

Euripides

The story of Tragedy ldquoHelenrdquo Menelaus after the fall of Troy sailed

to Egypt where he met Helen and learned with amazement that in Troy Helen was nothing but an illusion a shadow maifested by the goddess Ira to avenge the Trojans The real Helen was hidden in Egypt throughout the entire Trojan campaign The devastating war of Troy was based on nothing but a lie The king of Egypt Theoclymenus wants to marry Helen but she manages to escape secretly with Menelaus The project is characterized as anti-war drama because Euripides demonstrates that the war of Troy was based on a lie So why are people fighting

Beautiful Helen the cause of the Trojan war

Phrases with anti- war message through tragedy ldquoHelenrdquo

Ανέμυαλοι όσοι αποζητούν τη δόξα με λόγχες και με δυνατά στον πόλεμο κοντάριαlsquo

ldquoBrainless those who seek glory in arms and heavy spears of warhelliprdquo

Phrases with anti- war message through tragedy ldquoHelenrdquo

laquo hellipαν το δίκιο σου ζητάς με το αίμα

η αμάχη δε θα λείψει από τον κόσμογι αυτήν οι Πριαμίδες πήγαν κάτω στη γης ενώ μπορούσαν μονάχα με τα λόγια Ελένητέλος να δώσουνε στην έχθραraquoldquohellipif you ask for your right with blood the hostility will not miss from the worldso that the Priamides were buried under their lands

while with words Helen they could cease these enmities

A contemporary poet Georgios Seferis who awarded with the Nobel prize of literature inspired this poem from Euripidesrsquo tragedy ldquoHelenrdquo

ΓΙΑ ΕΝΑ ΠΟΥΚΑΜΙΣΟ ΑΔΕΙΑΝΟΚαι στην ΤροίαΤίποτε στην Τροία ndash ένα είδωλοΈτσι το θέλαν οι θεοίΚι ο Πάρης μ έναν ίσκιο πλάγιαζε σαν

να ήταν πλάσμα ατόφιοκι εμείς σφαζόμασταν για την Ελένη

δέκα χρόνιαΜεγάλος πόνος είχε πέσει στην

ΕλλάδαΤόσα κορμιά ριγμέναστα σαγόνια της θάλασσας στα

σαγόνια της γηςτόσες ψυχέςδοσμένες στις μυλόπετρες σαν το

σιτάριΚι οι ποταμοί φούσκωναν μες τη

λάσπη το αίμαγια ένα λινό κυμάτισμα για μια νεφέλημιας πεταλούδας τίναγμα το πούπουλο

ενός κύκνουγια ένα πουκάμισο αδειανό για μιαν

Ελένη

And in TroyNothing in Troy ndash just an imageSo the gods decidedAnd Paris with a shadow creature

lay as if it were realand we were fighting for Helen for

ten yearsInsufferable pain had fallen in

GreeceSo many bodies were thrownIn the jaws of the sea in Earthrsquosso many soulsgiven to millstones like wheatAnd the rivers were rising in the

mud of bloodfor a heaving for a linen cloudof a butterfly shaking the feather

of a swanfor an empty shirt for a Helen

Peace in Olympic Games in ancient period

The Olympic Truce is the cessation of hostile actions between Ancient Greek Cities for a period of time during which they participated in the Ancient Olympic Games In recent decades there have been efforts to make this truce a global institution The idea of the Olympic Truce is connected to the Olympic Games in ancient times From the seventh day before the start of the Olympic Games until the seventh day after all wars were stopped so that all athletes released from military obligations could travel in order to join in the Games The International Olympic Committee has recently proceeded to establish the International Olympic Truce Foundation which is always in collaboration with the Greek governments

Olympic games in ancient period

Ancient Olympia a place where value of peace was born

This work was based on information which has been gathered by students from their books such as ldquoDramatic poetry Eyripidesrsquo Helenrdquo ldquoAncient Greek languagerdquo and from the internet

Goddess of the ancient Greeks Irene( or Peace) was the personification of a peaceful state of affairs daughter of Zeus and Themis the goddess of justice and Eunomiarsquos and Trialrsquos sister The Ancient Greeks were often founding altars to her at the end of hostilities We Know many adjectives which are referred to the goddess such as Sweet fabulously rich ldquoPloutodoteira etc The corresponding view for the Romans was the Pax the Latin version A very famous sculpture of her is that of Keiphisodotos Praxitelesrsquo father dated in the beginning of the 4th century BC representing Peace holding in her arms her son Wealth

The status of the goddess Peace

The statue of the goddess Peace holds a scepter in her right hand and her son the Wealth in her left one The small boy has turned his head high looking with manifest love his mother He holds in one hand Amalhteiarsquos horn

This statue declares the abundance of goods the calm and the happiness in peoplersquos life during peaceful time

Many writers in Greek ancient era philosophers and historians have expressed their view on peace

Hisiodos7 BC poet

laquoΕιρήνη ανά γην κουροτρόφοςraquo

laquoPeace feeds men in the worldraquo

Pindaros522-443 BC poet laquoΗ ειρήνη δίδει τροφή στον γεωργό

ακόμα και όταν αυτός βρίσκεται εν μέσω βράχων ο πόλεμος τουναντίον φέρει σ αυτόν δυστυχία κι όταν ακόμα βρίσκεται εν μέσω πεδιάδαςraquo

ldquoPeace feeds a farmer even if he lives in unfriendly lands On the contrary war brings him misery even if he lives in abundant fieldsrdquo

Herodotus 485 - 421415 BC

historical laquoΟὐδείς γάρ οὕτως ἀνόητος ἐστιν ὅστις πόλεμον

πρό εἰρήνης αἱρέεταιmiddot ἐν μέν γάρ τῇ οἱ παῖδας πατέρας θάπτουσιν ἐν δέ τῷ οἱ πατέρες τά τέκναraquo

ldquoNobody is so foolish preferring war instead of peace In peace children bury their parents while in war parents bury their childrenrdquo

Isocrates436-338BCrhetorician

An extract from Isocratesrsquo speech ldquoAbout peacerdquo(355BC)It refers to Athenians who were involved in war with their allies Isocrates consulted them to sign peace So he presented through his speech the advantages of peace and the drawbacks of war

laquoἪν δὲ τὴν εἰρήνην ποιησώμεθα [] μετὰ πολλῆς μὲν ἀσφαλείας τὴν πόλιν οἰκήσομεν ἀπαλλαγέντες πολέμων καὶ κινδύνων καὶ ταραχῆς [] καθrsquo ἑκάστην δὲ τὴν ἡμέραν πρὸς εὐπορίαν ἐπιδώσομεν [] ἀδεῶς γεωργοῦντες καὶ τὴν θάλατταν πλέοντες καὶ ταῖς ἄλλαις ἐργασίαις ἐπιχειροῦντες αἳ νῦν διὰ τὸν πόλεμον ἐκλελοίπασινraquo

ldquo If we make peacehellipwe will live in our town safely having disposed of risks and riots and every day we will become more rich by cultivating our land and by crossing the sea and by employing with other things which have been disappeared because of the warrdquo

laquoΔια την των χρημάτων κτήσιν πάντες οι πόλεμοι γίγνονταιraquo

ldquoAll wars are made for the acquisition of material goodsrdquo

Platoon 427-347 BC philosopher

laquoΔια την των χρημάτων κτήσιν πάντες οι πόλεμοι γίγνονταιraquo

Platoon 427-347 BC philosopher

Peace through ancient comedyAristophanes(448-380BC) All the extant comedies of the

fifth century BC belong to one manAristophanes He was the greatest comic writer of his day By the time Aristophanes began to write his comedies democracy had already begun to sour for the Athenians The people were increasingly demoralized by the ongoing conflicts of the Peloponnesian War Therefore he wrote comedies to express his antiwar messages to his fellow citizens Two of them the most famous all over the world are ldquoPeacerdquo andrdquo ldquoLysistratardquo

ldquoPeacerdquo a comedy is written by Aristophanes

The plot of this comedy concerns the captivity of Peace by War Trygaios the vine-grower decides to release Peace with the aid of God Hermes Together they release Fruit and Theory Irene although she is disappointed by people for their attitude towards her using war to get rich is persuaded by Trygaios to give them one more chance Irene comes to earth and everyone lives happily

Aristophanes through the effort of Trygeos to stop the devastating effects of war and restore peace in our world makes it clear how important it is to live in peace In period of war misery covers everything Even the land is abandoned people die they suffer and lose their possessions Some however get rich from the suffering of others Prosperity happiness progress and development can flourish only in peacetime

Extracts from ldquoPeacerdquo of Aristophanes

ΤρυγαίοςΠού βρέθηκε τόσο κακό Και ο Πόλεμος

ένα βλέμμα που έχειΆραγε αυτός είναι που μπροστά του το

βάζουμε στα πόδιαο φοβερός ο σκληροτράχηλος ο που μας

κάνει να λερώνουμετα σκέλια μαςΠώς τη βρίσκω πώς μ᾽ αρέσει πώς

λιγώνομαιraquoΤώρα ήρθε η ώρα άνδρες Έλληνεςνα γλιτώσουμε από μάχες και από έριδεςτην τριπόθητη ειρήνη έξω να σύρουμεπροτού άλλο γουδοχέρι μπει εμπόδιο295Δράμετε ξωμάχοι έμποροι τεχνίτες και

μαραγκοίξένοι μέτοικοι νησιώτες εδώ ελάτε ο

κόσμος όλοςπάρτε γρήγορα τις τσάπες τους λοστούς

και τα σκοινιάώρα και για μας να πιούμε για τα

καλορίζικα

Trygaeus

ldquo And war what a look he hasI wonder is he the one who makes

us run away when we see him in front of us

So dreadful so cruel makes our legs dirtyrdquo

helliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphellipldquoNow itrsquos time Greek men to

escape from battles and quarrels to draw sweet peace out before some other pestle prevents us

Come laborerslsquo merchants artisans carpenders strangers settlers and islanders come here all of you take picks and levers and ropes

Itrsquos time to drink in honour of good luck

Lysistrata a comedy of Aristophanes

Lysistrata is a comedy by Aristophanes which it is referred to the Peloponnesian war Women with their leader Lysistrata decided to stop the war and to bring back the peace to their homeland

This effort starts with the initial idea of Lysistrata to propose to other women of Athens abstinence from their ldquoconjugal dutiesrdquo until men decide the end of the war At first women were hesitant but they were convinced and swore an oath to never lay with their husband until a peace treaty was signed To ensure the Athenian would honor the treaty Athenian women locked themselves in the Parthenon were the Athenian treasury was stationed As a result a fight broke out between men and women Men were furious about the womenrsquos mutiny but in the end unable to deal with the ldquoneedsrdquo of a city populated by men alone they saw the error of their ways and signed a peace treaty

Peace through ancient drama Euripides (485-406BC) was a tragic

poet and one of the three Grand Masters of the Attic drama in ancient Greek theater

One of the most famous Euripidesrsquo tragedies is ldquoHelenrdquordquo It was written in 412 BC and it was presented on the aftermath of the defeat of the Athenians during the Sicilian campaign which was a heavy blow to their military and their economy

Through this drama he doomed the war as the cause of everything bad

Euripides

The story of Tragedy ldquoHelenrdquo Menelaus after the fall of Troy sailed

to Egypt where he met Helen and learned with amazement that in Troy Helen was nothing but an illusion a shadow maifested by the goddess Ira to avenge the Trojans The real Helen was hidden in Egypt throughout the entire Trojan campaign The devastating war of Troy was based on nothing but a lie The king of Egypt Theoclymenus wants to marry Helen but she manages to escape secretly with Menelaus The project is characterized as anti-war drama because Euripides demonstrates that the war of Troy was based on a lie So why are people fighting

Beautiful Helen the cause of the Trojan war

Phrases with anti- war message through tragedy ldquoHelenrdquo

Ανέμυαλοι όσοι αποζητούν τη δόξα με λόγχες και με δυνατά στον πόλεμο κοντάριαlsquo

ldquoBrainless those who seek glory in arms and heavy spears of warhelliprdquo

Phrases with anti- war message through tragedy ldquoHelenrdquo

laquo hellipαν το δίκιο σου ζητάς με το αίμα

η αμάχη δε θα λείψει από τον κόσμογι αυτήν οι Πριαμίδες πήγαν κάτω στη γης ενώ μπορούσαν μονάχα με τα λόγια Ελένητέλος να δώσουνε στην έχθραraquoldquohellipif you ask for your right with blood the hostility will not miss from the worldso that the Priamides were buried under their lands

while with words Helen they could cease these enmities

A contemporary poet Georgios Seferis who awarded with the Nobel prize of literature inspired this poem from Euripidesrsquo tragedy ldquoHelenrdquo

ΓΙΑ ΕΝΑ ΠΟΥΚΑΜΙΣΟ ΑΔΕΙΑΝΟΚαι στην ΤροίαΤίποτε στην Τροία ndash ένα είδωλοΈτσι το θέλαν οι θεοίΚι ο Πάρης μ έναν ίσκιο πλάγιαζε σαν

να ήταν πλάσμα ατόφιοκι εμείς σφαζόμασταν για την Ελένη

δέκα χρόνιαΜεγάλος πόνος είχε πέσει στην

ΕλλάδαΤόσα κορμιά ριγμέναστα σαγόνια της θάλασσας στα

σαγόνια της γηςτόσες ψυχέςδοσμένες στις μυλόπετρες σαν το

σιτάριΚι οι ποταμοί φούσκωναν μες τη

λάσπη το αίμαγια ένα λινό κυμάτισμα για μια νεφέλημιας πεταλούδας τίναγμα το πούπουλο

ενός κύκνουγια ένα πουκάμισο αδειανό για μιαν

Ελένη

And in TroyNothing in Troy ndash just an imageSo the gods decidedAnd Paris with a shadow creature

lay as if it were realand we were fighting for Helen for

ten yearsInsufferable pain had fallen in

GreeceSo many bodies were thrownIn the jaws of the sea in Earthrsquosso many soulsgiven to millstones like wheatAnd the rivers were rising in the

mud of bloodfor a heaving for a linen cloudof a butterfly shaking the feather

of a swanfor an empty shirt for a Helen

Peace in Olympic Games in ancient period

The Olympic Truce is the cessation of hostile actions between Ancient Greek Cities for a period of time during which they participated in the Ancient Olympic Games In recent decades there have been efforts to make this truce a global institution The idea of the Olympic Truce is connected to the Olympic Games in ancient times From the seventh day before the start of the Olympic Games until the seventh day after all wars were stopped so that all athletes released from military obligations could travel in order to join in the Games The International Olympic Committee has recently proceeded to establish the International Olympic Truce Foundation which is always in collaboration with the Greek governments

Olympic games in ancient period

Ancient Olympia a place where value of peace was born

This work was based on information which has been gathered by students from their books such as ldquoDramatic poetry Eyripidesrsquo Helenrdquo ldquoAncient Greek languagerdquo and from the internet

The status of the goddess Peace

The statue of the goddess Peace holds a scepter in her right hand and her son the Wealth in her left one The small boy has turned his head high looking with manifest love his mother He holds in one hand Amalhteiarsquos horn

This statue declares the abundance of goods the calm and the happiness in peoplersquos life during peaceful time

Many writers in Greek ancient era philosophers and historians have expressed their view on peace

Hisiodos7 BC poet

laquoΕιρήνη ανά γην κουροτρόφοςraquo

laquoPeace feeds men in the worldraquo

Pindaros522-443 BC poet laquoΗ ειρήνη δίδει τροφή στον γεωργό

ακόμα και όταν αυτός βρίσκεται εν μέσω βράχων ο πόλεμος τουναντίον φέρει σ αυτόν δυστυχία κι όταν ακόμα βρίσκεται εν μέσω πεδιάδαςraquo

ldquoPeace feeds a farmer even if he lives in unfriendly lands On the contrary war brings him misery even if he lives in abundant fieldsrdquo

Herodotus 485 - 421415 BC

historical laquoΟὐδείς γάρ οὕτως ἀνόητος ἐστιν ὅστις πόλεμον

πρό εἰρήνης αἱρέεταιmiddot ἐν μέν γάρ τῇ οἱ παῖδας πατέρας θάπτουσιν ἐν δέ τῷ οἱ πατέρες τά τέκναraquo

ldquoNobody is so foolish preferring war instead of peace In peace children bury their parents while in war parents bury their childrenrdquo

Isocrates436-338BCrhetorician

An extract from Isocratesrsquo speech ldquoAbout peacerdquo(355BC)It refers to Athenians who were involved in war with their allies Isocrates consulted them to sign peace So he presented through his speech the advantages of peace and the drawbacks of war

laquoἪν δὲ τὴν εἰρήνην ποιησώμεθα [] μετὰ πολλῆς μὲν ἀσφαλείας τὴν πόλιν οἰκήσομεν ἀπαλλαγέντες πολέμων καὶ κινδύνων καὶ ταραχῆς [] καθrsquo ἑκάστην δὲ τὴν ἡμέραν πρὸς εὐπορίαν ἐπιδώσομεν [] ἀδεῶς γεωργοῦντες καὶ τὴν θάλατταν πλέοντες καὶ ταῖς ἄλλαις ἐργασίαις ἐπιχειροῦντες αἳ νῦν διὰ τὸν πόλεμον ἐκλελοίπασινraquo

ldquo If we make peacehellipwe will live in our town safely having disposed of risks and riots and every day we will become more rich by cultivating our land and by crossing the sea and by employing with other things which have been disappeared because of the warrdquo

laquoΔια την των χρημάτων κτήσιν πάντες οι πόλεμοι γίγνονταιraquo

ldquoAll wars are made for the acquisition of material goodsrdquo

Platoon 427-347 BC philosopher

laquoΔια την των χρημάτων κτήσιν πάντες οι πόλεμοι γίγνονταιraquo

Platoon 427-347 BC philosopher

Peace through ancient comedyAristophanes(448-380BC) All the extant comedies of the

fifth century BC belong to one manAristophanes He was the greatest comic writer of his day By the time Aristophanes began to write his comedies democracy had already begun to sour for the Athenians The people were increasingly demoralized by the ongoing conflicts of the Peloponnesian War Therefore he wrote comedies to express his antiwar messages to his fellow citizens Two of them the most famous all over the world are ldquoPeacerdquo andrdquo ldquoLysistratardquo

ldquoPeacerdquo a comedy is written by Aristophanes

The plot of this comedy concerns the captivity of Peace by War Trygaios the vine-grower decides to release Peace with the aid of God Hermes Together they release Fruit and Theory Irene although she is disappointed by people for their attitude towards her using war to get rich is persuaded by Trygaios to give them one more chance Irene comes to earth and everyone lives happily

Aristophanes through the effort of Trygeos to stop the devastating effects of war and restore peace in our world makes it clear how important it is to live in peace In period of war misery covers everything Even the land is abandoned people die they suffer and lose their possessions Some however get rich from the suffering of others Prosperity happiness progress and development can flourish only in peacetime

Extracts from ldquoPeacerdquo of Aristophanes

ΤρυγαίοςΠού βρέθηκε τόσο κακό Και ο Πόλεμος

ένα βλέμμα που έχειΆραγε αυτός είναι που μπροστά του το

βάζουμε στα πόδιαο φοβερός ο σκληροτράχηλος ο που μας

κάνει να λερώνουμετα σκέλια μαςΠώς τη βρίσκω πώς μ᾽ αρέσει πώς

λιγώνομαιraquoΤώρα ήρθε η ώρα άνδρες Έλληνεςνα γλιτώσουμε από μάχες και από έριδεςτην τριπόθητη ειρήνη έξω να σύρουμεπροτού άλλο γουδοχέρι μπει εμπόδιο295Δράμετε ξωμάχοι έμποροι τεχνίτες και

μαραγκοίξένοι μέτοικοι νησιώτες εδώ ελάτε ο

κόσμος όλοςπάρτε γρήγορα τις τσάπες τους λοστούς

και τα σκοινιάώρα και για μας να πιούμε για τα

καλορίζικα

Trygaeus

ldquo And war what a look he hasI wonder is he the one who makes

us run away when we see him in front of us

So dreadful so cruel makes our legs dirtyrdquo

helliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphellipldquoNow itrsquos time Greek men to

escape from battles and quarrels to draw sweet peace out before some other pestle prevents us

Come laborerslsquo merchants artisans carpenders strangers settlers and islanders come here all of you take picks and levers and ropes

Itrsquos time to drink in honour of good luck

Lysistrata a comedy of Aristophanes

Lysistrata is a comedy by Aristophanes which it is referred to the Peloponnesian war Women with their leader Lysistrata decided to stop the war and to bring back the peace to their homeland

This effort starts with the initial idea of Lysistrata to propose to other women of Athens abstinence from their ldquoconjugal dutiesrdquo until men decide the end of the war At first women were hesitant but they were convinced and swore an oath to never lay with their husband until a peace treaty was signed To ensure the Athenian would honor the treaty Athenian women locked themselves in the Parthenon were the Athenian treasury was stationed As a result a fight broke out between men and women Men were furious about the womenrsquos mutiny but in the end unable to deal with the ldquoneedsrdquo of a city populated by men alone they saw the error of their ways and signed a peace treaty

Peace through ancient drama Euripides (485-406BC) was a tragic

poet and one of the three Grand Masters of the Attic drama in ancient Greek theater

One of the most famous Euripidesrsquo tragedies is ldquoHelenrdquordquo It was written in 412 BC and it was presented on the aftermath of the defeat of the Athenians during the Sicilian campaign which was a heavy blow to their military and their economy

Through this drama he doomed the war as the cause of everything bad

Euripides

The story of Tragedy ldquoHelenrdquo Menelaus after the fall of Troy sailed

to Egypt where he met Helen and learned with amazement that in Troy Helen was nothing but an illusion a shadow maifested by the goddess Ira to avenge the Trojans The real Helen was hidden in Egypt throughout the entire Trojan campaign The devastating war of Troy was based on nothing but a lie The king of Egypt Theoclymenus wants to marry Helen but she manages to escape secretly with Menelaus The project is characterized as anti-war drama because Euripides demonstrates that the war of Troy was based on a lie So why are people fighting

Beautiful Helen the cause of the Trojan war

Phrases with anti- war message through tragedy ldquoHelenrdquo

Ανέμυαλοι όσοι αποζητούν τη δόξα με λόγχες και με δυνατά στον πόλεμο κοντάριαlsquo

ldquoBrainless those who seek glory in arms and heavy spears of warhelliprdquo

Phrases with anti- war message through tragedy ldquoHelenrdquo

laquo hellipαν το δίκιο σου ζητάς με το αίμα

η αμάχη δε θα λείψει από τον κόσμογι αυτήν οι Πριαμίδες πήγαν κάτω στη γης ενώ μπορούσαν μονάχα με τα λόγια Ελένητέλος να δώσουνε στην έχθραraquoldquohellipif you ask for your right with blood the hostility will not miss from the worldso that the Priamides were buried under their lands

while with words Helen they could cease these enmities

A contemporary poet Georgios Seferis who awarded with the Nobel prize of literature inspired this poem from Euripidesrsquo tragedy ldquoHelenrdquo

ΓΙΑ ΕΝΑ ΠΟΥΚΑΜΙΣΟ ΑΔΕΙΑΝΟΚαι στην ΤροίαΤίποτε στην Τροία ndash ένα είδωλοΈτσι το θέλαν οι θεοίΚι ο Πάρης μ έναν ίσκιο πλάγιαζε σαν

να ήταν πλάσμα ατόφιοκι εμείς σφαζόμασταν για την Ελένη

δέκα χρόνιαΜεγάλος πόνος είχε πέσει στην

ΕλλάδαΤόσα κορμιά ριγμέναστα σαγόνια της θάλασσας στα

σαγόνια της γηςτόσες ψυχέςδοσμένες στις μυλόπετρες σαν το

σιτάριΚι οι ποταμοί φούσκωναν μες τη

λάσπη το αίμαγια ένα λινό κυμάτισμα για μια νεφέλημιας πεταλούδας τίναγμα το πούπουλο

ενός κύκνουγια ένα πουκάμισο αδειανό για μιαν

Ελένη

And in TroyNothing in Troy ndash just an imageSo the gods decidedAnd Paris with a shadow creature

lay as if it were realand we were fighting for Helen for

ten yearsInsufferable pain had fallen in

GreeceSo many bodies were thrownIn the jaws of the sea in Earthrsquosso many soulsgiven to millstones like wheatAnd the rivers were rising in the

mud of bloodfor a heaving for a linen cloudof a butterfly shaking the feather

of a swanfor an empty shirt for a Helen

Peace in Olympic Games in ancient period

The Olympic Truce is the cessation of hostile actions between Ancient Greek Cities for a period of time during which they participated in the Ancient Olympic Games In recent decades there have been efforts to make this truce a global institution The idea of the Olympic Truce is connected to the Olympic Games in ancient times From the seventh day before the start of the Olympic Games until the seventh day after all wars were stopped so that all athletes released from military obligations could travel in order to join in the Games The International Olympic Committee has recently proceeded to establish the International Olympic Truce Foundation which is always in collaboration with the Greek governments

Olympic games in ancient period

Ancient Olympia a place where value of peace was born

This work was based on information which has been gathered by students from their books such as ldquoDramatic poetry Eyripidesrsquo Helenrdquo ldquoAncient Greek languagerdquo and from the internet

Many writers in Greek ancient era philosophers and historians have expressed their view on peace

Hisiodos7 BC poet

laquoΕιρήνη ανά γην κουροτρόφοςraquo

laquoPeace feeds men in the worldraquo

Pindaros522-443 BC poet laquoΗ ειρήνη δίδει τροφή στον γεωργό

ακόμα και όταν αυτός βρίσκεται εν μέσω βράχων ο πόλεμος τουναντίον φέρει σ αυτόν δυστυχία κι όταν ακόμα βρίσκεται εν μέσω πεδιάδαςraquo

ldquoPeace feeds a farmer even if he lives in unfriendly lands On the contrary war brings him misery even if he lives in abundant fieldsrdquo

Herodotus 485 - 421415 BC

historical laquoΟὐδείς γάρ οὕτως ἀνόητος ἐστιν ὅστις πόλεμον

πρό εἰρήνης αἱρέεταιmiddot ἐν μέν γάρ τῇ οἱ παῖδας πατέρας θάπτουσιν ἐν δέ τῷ οἱ πατέρες τά τέκναraquo

ldquoNobody is so foolish preferring war instead of peace In peace children bury their parents while in war parents bury their childrenrdquo

Isocrates436-338BCrhetorician

An extract from Isocratesrsquo speech ldquoAbout peacerdquo(355BC)It refers to Athenians who were involved in war with their allies Isocrates consulted them to sign peace So he presented through his speech the advantages of peace and the drawbacks of war

laquoἪν δὲ τὴν εἰρήνην ποιησώμεθα [] μετὰ πολλῆς μὲν ἀσφαλείας τὴν πόλιν οἰκήσομεν ἀπαλλαγέντες πολέμων καὶ κινδύνων καὶ ταραχῆς [] καθrsquo ἑκάστην δὲ τὴν ἡμέραν πρὸς εὐπορίαν ἐπιδώσομεν [] ἀδεῶς γεωργοῦντες καὶ τὴν θάλατταν πλέοντες καὶ ταῖς ἄλλαις ἐργασίαις ἐπιχειροῦντες αἳ νῦν διὰ τὸν πόλεμον ἐκλελοίπασινraquo

ldquo If we make peacehellipwe will live in our town safely having disposed of risks and riots and every day we will become more rich by cultivating our land and by crossing the sea and by employing with other things which have been disappeared because of the warrdquo

laquoΔια την των χρημάτων κτήσιν πάντες οι πόλεμοι γίγνονταιraquo

ldquoAll wars are made for the acquisition of material goodsrdquo

Platoon 427-347 BC philosopher

laquoΔια την των χρημάτων κτήσιν πάντες οι πόλεμοι γίγνονταιraquo

Platoon 427-347 BC philosopher

Peace through ancient comedyAristophanes(448-380BC) All the extant comedies of the

fifth century BC belong to one manAristophanes He was the greatest comic writer of his day By the time Aristophanes began to write his comedies democracy had already begun to sour for the Athenians The people were increasingly demoralized by the ongoing conflicts of the Peloponnesian War Therefore he wrote comedies to express his antiwar messages to his fellow citizens Two of them the most famous all over the world are ldquoPeacerdquo andrdquo ldquoLysistratardquo

ldquoPeacerdquo a comedy is written by Aristophanes

The plot of this comedy concerns the captivity of Peace by War Trygaios the vine-grower decides to release Peace with the aid of God Hermes Together they release Fruit and Theory Irene although she is disappointed by people for their attitude towards her using war to get rich is persuaded by Trygaios to give them one more chance Irene comes to earth and everyone lives happily

Aristophanes through the effort of Trygeos to stop the devastating effects of war and restore peace in our world makes it clear how important it is to live in peace In period of war misery covers everything Even the land is abandoned people die they suffer and lose their possessions Some however get rich from the suffering of others Prosperity happiness progress and development can flourish only in peacetime

Extracts from ldquoPeacerdquo of Aristophanes

ΤρυγαίοςΠού βρέθηκε τόσο κακό Και ο Πόλεμος

ένα βλέμμα που έχειΆραγε αυτός είναι που μπροστά του το

βάζουμε στα πόδιαο φοβερός ο σκληροτράχηλος ο που μας

κάνει να λερώνουμετα σκέλια μαςΠώς τη βρίσκω πώς μ᾽ αρέσει πώς

λιγώνομαιraquoΤώρα ήρθε η ώρα άνδρες Έλληνεςνα γλιτώσουμε από μάχες και από έριδεςτην τριπόθητη ειρήνη έξω να σύρουμεπροτού άλλο γουδοχέρι μπει εμπόδιο295Δράμετε ξωμάχοι έμποροι τεχνίτες και

μαραγκοίξένοι μέτοικοι νησιώτες εδώ ελάτε ο

κόσμος όλοςπάρτε γρήγορα τις τσάπες τους λοστούς

και τα σκοινιάώρα και για μας να πιούμε για τα

καλορίζικα

Trygaeus

ldquo And war what a look he hasI wonder is he the one who makes

us run away when we see him in front of us

So dreadful so cruel makes our legs dirtyrdquo

helliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphellipldquoNow itrsquos time Greek men to

escape from battles and quarrels to draw sweet peace out before some other pestle prevents us

Come laborerslsquo merchants artisans carpenders strangers settlers and islanders come here all of you take picks and levers and ropes

Itrsquos time to drink in honour of good luck

Lysistrata a comedy of Aristophanes

Lysistrata is a comedy by Aristophanes which it is referred to the Peloponnesian war Women with their leader Lysistrata decided to stop the war and to bring back the peace to their homeland

This effort starts with the initial idea of Lysistrata to propose to other women of Athens abstinence from their ldquoconjugal dutiesrdquo until men decide the end of the war At first women were hesitant but they were convinced and swore an oath to never lay with their husband until a peace treaty was signed To ensure the Athenian would honor the treaty Athenian women locked themselves in the Parthenon were the Athenian treasury was stationed As a result a fight broke out between men and women Men were furious about the womenrsquos mutiny but in the end unable to deal with the ldquoneedsrdquo of a city populated by men alone they saw the error of their ways and signed a peace treaty

Peace through ancient drama Euripides (485-406BC) was a tragic

poet and one of the three Grand Masters of the Attic drama in ancient Greek theater

One of the most famous Euripidesrsquo tragedies is ldquoHelenrdquordquo It was written in 412 BC and it was presented on the aftermath of the defeat of the Athenians during the Sicilian campaign which was a heavy blow to their military and their economy

Through this drama he doomed the war as the cause of everything bad

Euripides

The story of Tragedy ldquoHelenrdquo Menelaus after the fall of Troy sailed

to Egypt where he met Helen and learned with amazement that in Troy Helen was nothing but an illusion a shadow maifested by the goddess Ira to avenge the Trojans The real Helen was hidden in Egypt throughout the entire Trojan campaign The devastating war of Troy was based on nothing but a lie The king of Egypt Theoclymenus wants to marry Helen but she manages to escape secretly with Menelaus The project is characterized as anti-war drama because Euripides demonstrates that the war of Troy was based on a lie So why are people fighting

Beautiful Helen the cause of the Trojan war

Phrases with anti- war message through tragedy ldquoHelenrdquo

Ανέμυαλοι όσοι αποζητούν τη δόξα με λόγχες και με δυνατά στον πόλεμο κοντάριαlsquo

ldquoBrainless those who seek glory in arms and heavy spears of warhelliprdquo

Phrases with anti- war message through tragedy ldquoHelenrdquo

laquo hellipαν το δίκιο σου ζητάς με το αίμα

η αμάχη δε θα λείψει από τον κόσμογι αυτήν οι Πριαμίδες πήγαν κάτω στη γης ενώ μπορούσαν μονάχα με τα λόγια Ελένητέλος να δώσουνε στην έχθραraquoldquohellipif you ask for your right with blood the hostility will not miss from the worldso that the Priamides were buried under their lands

while with words Helen they could cease these enmities

A contemporary poet Georgios Seferis who awarded with the Nobel prize of literature inspired this poem from Euripidesrsquo tragedy ldquoHelenrdquo

ΓΙΑ ΕΝΑ ΠΟΥΚΑΜΙΣΟ ΑΔΕΙΑΝΟΚαι στην ΤροίαΤίποτε στην Τροία ndash ένα είδωλοΈτσι το θέλαν οι θεοίΚι ο Πάρης μ έναν ίσκιο πλάγιαζε σαν

να ήταν πλάσμα ατόφιοκι εμείς σφαζόμασταν για την Ελένη

δέκα χρόνιαΜεγάλος πόνος είχε πέσει στην

ΕλλάδαΤόσα κορμιά ριγμέναστα σαγόνια της θάλασσας στα

σαγόνια της γηςτόσες ψυχέςδοσμένες στις μυλόπετρες σαν το

σιτάριΚι οι ποταμοί φούσκωναν μες τη

λάσπη το αίμαγια ένα λινό κυμάτισμα για μια νεφέλημιας πεταλούδας τίναγμα το πούπουλο

ενός κύκνουγια ένα πουκάμισο αδειανό για μιαν

Ελένη

And in TroyNothing in Troy ndash just an imageSo the gods decidedAnd Paris with a shadow creature

lay as if it were realand we were fighting for Helen for

ten yearsInsufferable pain had fallen in

GreeceSo many bodies were thrownIn the jaws of the sea in Earthrsquosso many soulsgiven to millstones like wheatAnd the rivers were rising in the

mud of bloodfor a heaving for a linen cloudof a butterfly shaking the feather

of a swanfor an empty shirt for a Helen

Peace in Olympic Games in ancient period

The Olympic Truce is the cessation of hostile actions between Ancient Greek Cities for a period of time during which they participated in the Ancient Olympic Games In recent decades there have been efforts to make this truce a global institution The idea of the Olympic Truce is connected to the Olympic Games in ancient times From the seventh day before the start of the Olympic Games until the seventh day after all wars were stopped so that all athletes released from military obligations could travel in order to join in the Games The International Olympic Committee has recently proceeded to establish the International Olympic Truce Foundation which is always in collaboration with the Greek governments

Olympic games in ancient period

Ancient Olympia a place where value of peace was born

This work was based on information which has been gathered by students from their books such as ldquoDramatic poetry Eyripidesrsquo Helenrdquo ldquoAncient Greek languagerdquo and from the internet

Hisiodos7 BC poet

laquoΕιρήνη ανά γην κουροτρόφοςraquo

laquoPeace feeds men in the worldraquo

Pindaros522-443 BC poet laquoΗ ειρήνη δίδει τροφή στον γεωργό

ακόμα και όταν αυτός βρίσκεται εν μέσω βράχων ο πόλεμος τουναντίον φέρει σ αυτόν δυστυχία κι όταν ακόμα βρίσκεται εν μέσω πεδιάδαςraquo

ldquoPeace feeds a farmer even if he lives in unfriendly lands On the contrary war brings him misery even if he lives in abundant fieldsrdquo

Herodotus 485 - 421415 BC

historical laquoΟὐδείς γάρ οὕτως ἀνόητος ἐστιν ὅστις πόλεμον

πρό εἰρήνης αἱρέεταιmiddot ἐν μέν γάρ τῇ οἱ παῖδας πατέρας θάπτουσιν ἐν δέ τῷ οἱ πατέρες τά τέκναraquo

ldquoNobody is so foolish preferring war instead of peace In peace children bury their parents while in war parents bury their childrenrdquo

Isocrates436-338BCrhetorician

An extract from Isocratesrsquo speech ldquoAbout peacerdquo(355BC)It refers to Athenians who were involved in war with their allies Isocrates consulted them to sign peace So he presented through his speech the advantages of peace and the drawbacks of war

laquoἪν δὲ τὴν εἰρήνην ποιησώμεθα [] μετὰ πολλῆς μὲν ἀσφαλείας τὴν πόλιν οἰκήσομεν ἀπαλλαγέντες πολέμων καὶ κινδύνων καὶ ταραχῆς [] καθrsquo ἑκάστην δὲ τὴν ἡμέραν πρὸς εὐπορίαν ἐπιδώσομεν [] ἀδεῶς γεωργοῦντες καὶ τὴν θάλατταν πλέοντες καὶ ταῖς ἄλλαις ἐργασίαις ἐπιχειροῦντες αἳ νῦν διὰ τὸν πόλεμον ἐκλελοίπασινraquo

ldquo If we make peacehellipwe will live in our town safely having disposed of risks and riots and every day we will become more rich by cultivating our land and by crossing the sea and by employing with other things which have been disappeared because of the warrdquo

laquoΔια την των χρημάτων κτήσιν πάντες οι πόλεμοι γίγνονταιraquo

ldquoAll wars are made for the acquisition of material goodsrdquo

Platoon 427-347 BC philosopher

laquoΔια την των χρημάτων κτήσιν πάντες οι πόλεμοι γίγνονταιraquo

Platoon 427-347 BC philosopher

Peace through ancient comedyAristophanes(448-380BC) All the extant comedies of the

fifth century BC belong to one manAristophanes He was the greatest comic writer of his day By the time Aristophanes began to write his comedies democracy had already begun to sour for the Athenians The people were increasingly demoralized by the ongoing conflicts of the Peloponnesian War Therefore he wrote comedies to express his antiwar messages to his fellow citizens Two of them the most famous all over the world are ldquoPeacerdquo andrdquo ldquoLysistratardquo

ldquoPeacerdquo a comedy is written by Aristophanes

The plot of this comedy concerns the captivity of Peace by War Trygaios the vine-grower decides to release Peace with the aid of God Hermes Together they release Fruit and Theory Irene although she is disappointed by people for their attitude towards her using war to get rich is persuaded by Trygaios to give them one more chance Irene comes to earth and everyone lives happily

Aristophanes through the effort of Trygeos to stop the devastating effects of war and restore peace in our world makes it clear how important it is to live in peace In period of war misery covers everything Even the land is abandoned people die they suffer and lose their possessions Some however get rich from the suffering of others Prosperity happiness progress and development can flourish only in peacetime

Extracts from ldquoPeacerdquo of Aristophanes

ΤρυγαίοςΠού βρέθηκε τόσο κακό Και ο Πόλεμος

ένα βλέμμα που έχειΆραγε αυτός είναι που μπροστά του το

βάζουμε στα πόδιαο φοβερός ο σκληροτράχηλος ο που μας

κάνει να λερώνουμετα σκέλια μαςΠώς τη βρίσκω πώς μ᾽ αρέσει πώς

λιγώνομαιraquoΤώρα ήρθε η ώρα άνδρες Έλληνεςνα γλιτώσουμε από μάχες και από έριδεςτην τριπόθητη ειρήνη έξω να σύρουμεπροτού άλλο γουδοχέρι μπει εμπόδιο295Δράμετε ξωμάχοι έμποροι τεχνίτες και

μαραγκοίξένοι μέτοικοι νησιώτες εδώ ελάτε ο

κόσμος όλοςπάρτε γρήγορα τις τσάπες τους λοστούς

και τα σκοινιάώρα και για μας να πιούμε για τα

καλορίζικα

Trygaeus

ldquo And war what a look he hasI wonder is he the one who makes

us run away when we see him in front of us

So dreadful so cruel makes our legs dirtyrdquo

helliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphellipldquoNow itrsquos time Greek men to

escape from battles and quarrels to draw sweet peace out before some other pestle prevents us

Come laborerslsquo merchants artisans carpenders strangers settlers and islanders come here all of you take picks and levers and ropes

Itrsquos time to drink in honour of good luck

Lysistrata a comedy of Aristophanes

Lysistrata is a comedy by Aristophanes which it is referred to the Peloponnesian war Women with their leader Lysistrata decided to stop the war and to bring back the peace to their homeland

This effort starts with the initial idea of Lysistrata to propose to other women of Athens abstinence from their ldquoconjugal dutiesrdquo until men decide the end of the war At first women were hesitant but they were convinced and swore an oath to never lay with their husband until a peace treaty was signed To ensure the Athenian would honor the treaty Athenian women locked themselves in the Parthenon were the Athenian treasury was stationed As a result a fight broke out between men and women Men were furious about the womenrsquos mutiny but in the end unable to deal with the ldquoneedsrdquo of a city populated by men alone they saw the error of their ways and signed a peace treaty

Peace through ancient drama Euripides (485-406BC) was a tragic

poet and one of the three Grand Masters of the Attic drama in ancient Greek theater

One of the most famous Euripidesrsquo tragedies is ldquoHelenrdquordquo It was written in 412 BC and it was presented on the aftermath of the defeat of the Athenians during the Sicilian campaign which was a heavy blow to their military and their economy

Through this drama he doomed the war as the cause of everything bad

Euripides

The story of Tragedy ldquoHelenrdquo Menelaus after the fall of Troy sailed

to Egypt where he met Helen and learned with amazement that in Troy Helen was nothing but an illusion a shadow maifested by the goddess Ira to avenge the Trojans The real Helen was hidden in Egypt throughout the entire Trojan campaign The devastating war of Troy was based on nothing but a lie The king of Egypt Theoclymenus wants to marry Helen but she manages to escape secretly with Menelaus The project is characterized as anti-war drama because Euripides demonstrates that the war of Troy was based on a lie So why are people fighting

Beautiful Helen the cause of the Trojan war

Phrases with anti- war message through tragedy ldquoHelenrdquo

Ανέμυαλοι όσοι αποζητούν τη δόξα με λόγχες και με δυνατά στον πόλεμο κοντάριαlsquo

ldquoBrainless those who seek glory in arms and heavy spears of warhelliprdquo

Phrases with anti- war message through tragedy ldquoHelenrdquo

laquo hellipαν το δίκιο σου ζητάς με το αίμα

η αμάχη δε θα λείψει από τον κόσμογι αυτήν οι Πριαμίδες πήγαν κάτω στη γης ενώ μπορούσαν μονάχα με τα λόγια Ελένητέλος να δώσουνε στην έχθραraquoldquohellipif you ask for your right with blood the hostility will not miss from the worldso that the Priamides were buried under their lands

while with words Helen they could cease these enmities

A contemporary poet Georgios Seferis who awarded with the Nobel prize of literature inspired this poem from Euripidesrsquo tragedy ldquoHelenrdquo

ΓΙΑ ΕΝΑ ΠΟΥΚΑΜΙΣΟ ΑΔΕΙΑΝΟΚαι στην ΤροίαΤίποτε στην Τροία ndash ένα είδωλοΈτσι το θέλαν οι θεοίΚι ο Πάρης μ έναν ίσκιο πλάγιαζε σαν

να ήταν πλάσμα ατόφιοκι εμείς σφαζόμασταν για την Ελένη

δέκα χρόνιαΜεγάλος πόνος είχε πέσει στην

ΕλλάδαΤόσα κορμιά ριγμέναστα σαγόνια της θάλασσας στα

σαγόνια της γηςτόσες ψυχέςδοσμένες στις μυλόπετρες σαν το

σιτάριΚι οι ποταμοί φούσκωναν μες τη

λάσπη το αίμαγια ένα λινό κυμάτισμα για μια νεφέλημιας πεταλούδας τίναγμα το πούπουλο

ενός κύκνουγια ένα πουκάμισο αδειανό για μιαν

Ελένη

And in TroyNothing in Troy ndash just an imageSo the gods decidedAnd Paris with a shadow creature

lay as if it were realand we were fighting for Helen for

ten yearsInsufferable pain had fallen in

GreeceSo many bodies were thrownIn the jaws of the sea in Earthrsquosso many soulsgiven to millstones like wheatAnd the rivers were rising in the

mud of bloodfor a heaving for a linen cloudof a butterfly shaking the feather

of a swanfor an empty shirt for a Helen

Peace in Olympic Games in ancient period

The Olympic Truce is the cessation of hostile actions between Ancient Greek Cities for a period of time during which they participated in the Ancient Olympic Games In recent decades there have been efforts to make this truce a global institution The idea of the Olympic Truce is connected to the Olympic Games in ancient times From the seventh day before the start of the Olympic Games until the seventh day after all wars were stopped so that all athletes released from military obligations could travel in order to join in the Games The International Olympic Committee has recently proceeded to establish the International Olympic Truce Foundation which is always in collaboration with the Greek governments

Olympic games in ancient period

Ancient Olympia a place where value of peace was born

This work was based on information which has been gathered by students from their books such as ldquoDramatic poetry Eyripidesrsquo Helenrdquo ldquoAncient Greek languagerdquo and from the internet

Pindaros522-443 BC poet laquoΗ ειρήνη δίδει τροφή στον γεωργό

ακόμα και όταν αυτός βρίσκεται εν μέσω βράχων ο πόλεμος τουναντίον φέρει σ αυτόν δυστυχία κι όταν ακόμα βρίσκεται εν μέσω πεδιάδαςraquo

ldquoPeace feeds a farmer even if he lives in unfriendly lands On the contrary war brings him misery even if he lives in abundant fieldsrdquo

Herodotus 485 - 421415 BC

historical laquoΟὐδείς γάρ οὕτως ἀνόητος ἐστιν ὅστις πόλεμον

πρό εἰρήνης αἱρέεταιmiddot ἐν μέν γάρ τῇ οἱ παῖδας πατέρας θάπτουσιν ἐν δέ τῷ οἱ πατέρες τά τέκναraquo

ldquoNobody is so foolish preferring war instead of peace In peace children bury their parents while in war parents bury their childrenrdquo

Isocrates436-338BCrhetorician

An extract from Isocratesrsquo speech ldquoAbout peacerdquo(355BC)It refers to Athenians who were involved in war with their allies Isocrates consulted them to sign peace So he presented through his speech the advantages of peace and the drawbacks of war

laquoἪν δὲ τὴν εἰρήνην ποιησώμεθα [] μετὰ πολλῆς μὲν ἀσφαλείας τὴν πόλιν οἰκήσομεν ἀπαλλαγέντες πολέμων καὶ κινδύνων καὶ ταραχῆς [] καθrsquo ἑκάστην δὲ τὴν ἡμέραν πρὸς εὐπορίαν ἐπιδώσομεν [] ἀδεῶς γεωργοῦντες καὶ τὴν θάλατταν πλέοντες καὶ ταῖς ἄλλαις ἐργασίαις ἐπιχειροῦντες αἳ νῦν διὰ τὸν πόλεμον ἐκλελοίπασινraquo

ldquo If we make peacehellipwe will live in our town safely having disposed of risks and riots and every day we will become more rich by cultivating our land and by crossing the sea and by employing with other things which have been disappeared because of the warrdquo

laquoΔια την των χρημάτων κτήσιν πάντες οι πόλεμοι γίγνονταιraquo

ldquoAll wars are made for the acquisition of material goodsrdquo

Platoon 427-347 BC philosopher

laquoΔια την των χρημάτων κτήσιν πάντες οι πόλεμοι γίγνονταιraquo

Platoon 427-347 BC philosopher

Peace through ancient comedyAristophanes(448-380BC) All the extant comedies of the

fifth century BC belong to one manAristophanes He was the greatest comic writer of his day By the time Aristophanes began to write his comedies democracy had already begun to sour for the Athenians The people were increasingly demoralized by the ongoing conflicts of the Peloponnesian War Therefore he wrote comedies to express his antiwar messages to his fellow citizens Two of them the most famous all over the world are ldquoPeacerdquo andrdquo ldquoLysistratardquo

ldquoPeacerdquo a comedy is written by Aristophanes

The plot of this comedy concerns the captivity of Peace by War Trygaios the vine-grower decides to release Peace with the aid of God Hermes Together they release Fruit and Theory Irene although she is disappointed by people for their attitude towards her using war to get rich is persuaded by Trygaios to give them one more chance Irene comes to earth and everyone lives happily

Aristophanes through the effort of Trygeos to stop the devastating effects of war and restore peace in our world makes it clear how important it is to live in peace In period of war misery covers everything Even the land is abandoned people die they suffer and lose their possessions Some however get rich from the suffering of others Prosperity happiness progress and development can flourish only in peacetime

Extracts from ldquoPeacerdquo of Aristophanes

ΤρυγαίοςΠού βρέθηκε τόσο κακό Και ο Πόλεμος

ένα βλέμμα που έχειΆραγε αυτός είναι που μπροστά του το

βάζουμε στα πόδιαο φοβερός ο σκληροτράχηλος ο που μας

κάνει να λερώνουμετα σκέλια μαςΠώς τη βρίσκω πώς μ᾽ αρέσει πώς

λιγώνομαιraquoΤώρα ήρθε η ώρα άνδρες Έλληνεςνα γλιτώσουμε από μάχες και από έριδεςτην τριπόθητη ειρήνη έξω να σύρουμεπροτού άλλο γουδοχέρι μπει εμπόδιο295Δράμετε ξωμάχοι έμποροι τεχνίτες και

μαραγκοίξένοι μέτοικοι νησιώτες εδώ ελάτε ο

κόσμος όλοςπάρτε γρήγορα τις τσάπες τους λοστούς

και τα σκοινιάώρα και για μας να πιούμε για τα

καλορίζικα

Trygaeus

ldquo And war what a look he hasI wonder is he the one who makes

us run away when we see him in front of us

So dreadful so cruel makes our legs dirtyrdquo

helliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphellipldquoNow itrsquos time Greek men to

escape from battles and quarrels to draw sweet peace out before some other pestle prevents us

Come laborerslsquo merchants artisans carpenders strangers settlers and islanders come here all of you take picks and levers and ropes

Itrsquos time to drink in honour of good luck

Lysistrata a comedy of Aristophanes

Lysistrata is a comedy by Aristophanes which it is referred to the Peloponnesian war Women with their leader Lysistrata decided to stop the war and to bring back the peace to their homeland

This effort starts with the initial idea of Lysistrata to propose to other women of Athens abstinence from their ldquoconjugal dutiesrdquo until men decide the end of the war At first women were hesitant but they were convinced and swore an oath to never lay with their husband until a peace treaty was signed To ensure the Athenian would honor the treaty Athenian women locked themselves in the Parthenon were the Athenian treasury was stationed As a result a fight broke out between men and women Men were furious about the womenrsquos mutiny but in the end unable to deal with the ldquoneedsrdquo of a city populated by men alone they saw the error of their ways and signed a peace treaty

Peace through ancient drama Euripides (485-406BC) was a tragic

poet and one of the three Grand Masters of the Attic drama in ancient Greek theater

One of the most famous Euripidesrsquo tragedies is ldquoHelenrdquordquo It was written in 412 BC and it was presented on the aftermath of the defeat of the Athenians during the Sicilian campaign which was a heavy blow to their military and their economy

Through this drama he doomed the war as the cause of everything bad

Euripides

The story of Tragedy ldquoHelenrdquo Menelaus after the fall of Troy sailed

to Egypt where he met Helen and learned with amazement that in Troy Helen was nothing but an illusion a shadow maifested by the goddess Ira to avenge the Trojans The real Helen was hidden in Egypt throughout the entire Trojan campaign The devastating war of Troy was based on nothing but a lie The king of Egypt Theoclymenus wants to marry Helen but she manages to escape secretly with Menelaus The project is characterized as anti-war drama because Euripides demonstrates that the war of Troy was based on a lie So why are people fighting

Beautiful Helen the cause of the Trojan war

Phrases with anti- war message through tragedy ldquoHelenrdquo

Ανέμυαλοι όσοι αποζητούν τη δόξα με λόγχες και με δυνατά στον πόλεμο κοντάριαlsquo

ldquoBrainless those who seek glory in arms and heavy spears of warhelliprdquo

Phrases with anti- war message through tragedy ldquoHelenrdquo

laquo hellipαν το δίκιο σου ζητάς με το αίμα

η αμάχη δε θα λείψει από τον κόσμογι αυτήν οι Πριαμίδες πήγαν κάτω στη γης ενώ μπορούσαν μονάχα με τα λόγια Ελένητέλος να δώσουνε στην έχθραraquoldquohellipif you ask for your right with blood the hostility will not miss from the worldso that the Priamides were buried under their lands

while with words Helen they could cease these enmities

A contemporary poet Georgios Seferis who awarded with the Nobel prize of literature inspired this poem from Euripidesrsquo tragedy ldquoHelenrdquo

ΓΙΑ ΕΝΑ ΠΟΥΚΑΜΙΣΟ ΑΔΕΙΑΝΟΚαι στην ΤροίαΤίποτε στην Τροία ndash ένα είδωλοΈτσι το θέλαν οι θεοίΚι ο Πάρης μ έναν ίσκιο πλάγιαζε σαν

να ήταν πλάσμα ατόφιοκι εμείς σφαζόμασταν για την Ελένη

δέκα χρόνιαΜεγάλος πόνος είχε πέσει στην

ΕλλάδαΤόσα κορμιά ριγμέναστα σαγόνια της θάλασσας στα

σαγόνια της γηςτόσες ψυχέςδοσμένες στις μυλόπετρες σαν το

σιτάριΚι οι ποταμοί φούσκωναν μες τη

λάσπη το αίμαγια ένα λινό κυμάτισμα για μια νεφέλημιας πεταλούδας τίναγμα το πούπουλο

ενός κύκνουγια ένα πουκάμισο αδειανό για μιαν

Ελένη

And in TroyNothing in Troy ndash just an imageSo the gods decidedAnd Paris with a shadow creature

lay as if it were realand we were fighting for Helen for

ten yearsInsufferable pain had fallen in

GreeceSo many bodies were thrownIn the jaws of the sea in Earthrsquosso many soulsgiven to millstones like wheatAnd the rivers were rising in the

mud of bloodfor a heaving for a linen cloudof a butterfly shaking the feather

of a swanfor an empty shirt for a Helen

Peace in Olympic Games in ancient period

The Olympic Truce is the cessation of hostile actions between Ancient Greek Cities for a period of time during which they participated in the Ancient Olympic Games In recent decades there have been efforts to make this truce a global institution The idea of the Olympic Truce is connected to the Olympic Games in ancient times From the seventh day before the start of the Olympic Games until the seventh day after all wars were stopped so that all athletes released from military obligations could travel in order to join in the Games The International Olympic Committee has recently proceeded to establish the International Olympic Truce Foundation which is always in collaboration with the Greek governments

Olympic games in ancient period

Ancient Olympia a place where value of peace was born

This work was based on information which has been gathered by students from their books such as ldquoDramatic poetry Eyripidesrsquo Helenrdquo ldquoAncient Greek languagerdquo and from the internet

Herodotus 485 - 421415 BC

historical laquoΟὐδείς γάρ οὕτως ἀνόητος ἐστιν ὅστις πόλεμον

πρό εἰρήνης αἱρέεταιmiddot ἐν μέν γάρ τῇ οἱ παῖδας πατέρας θάπτουσιν ἐν δέ τῷ οἱ πατέρες τά τέκναraquo

ldquoNobody is so foolish preferring war instead of peace In peace children bury their parents while in war parents bury their childrenrdquo

Isocrates436-338BCrhetorician

An extract from Isocratesrsquo speech ldquoAbout peacerdquo(355BC)It refers to Athenians who were involved in war with their allies Isocrates consulted them to sign peace So he presented through his speech the advantages of peace and the drawbacks of war

laquoἪν δὲ τὴν εἰρήνην ποιησώμεθα [] μετὰ πολλῆς μὲν ἀσφαλείας τὴν πόλιν οἰκήσομεν ἀπαλλαγέντες πολέμων καὶ κινδύνων καὶ ταραχῆς [] καθrsquo ἑκάστην δὲ τὴν ἡμέραν πρὸς εὐπορίαν ἐπιδώσομεν [] ἀδεῶς γεωργοῦντες καὶ τὴν θάλατταν πλέοντες καὶ ταῖς ἄλλαις ἐργασίαις ἐπιχειροῦντες αἳ νῦν διὰ τὸν πόλεμον ἐκλελοίπασινraquo

ldquo If we make peacehellipwe will live in our town safely having disposed of risks and riots and every day we will become more rich by cultivating our land and by crossing the sea and by employing with other things which have been disappeared because of the warrdquo

laquoΔια την των χρημάτων κτήσιν πάντες οι πόλεμοι γίγνονταιraquo

ldquoAll wars are made for the acquisition of material goodsrdquo

Platoon 427-347 BC philosopher

laquoΔια την των χρημάτων κτήσιν πάντες οι πόλεμοι γίγνονταιraquo

Platoon 427-347 BC philosopher

Peace through ancient comedyAristophanes(448-380BC) All the extant comedies of the

fifth century BC belong to one manAristophanes He was the greatest comic writer of his day By the time Aristophanes began to write his comedies democracy had already begun to sour for the Athenians The people were increasingly demoralized by the ongoing conflicts of the Peloponnesian War Therefore he wrote comedies to express his antiwar messages to his fellow citizens Two of them the most famous all over the world are ldquoPeacerdquo andrdquo ldquoLysistratardquo

ldquoPeacerdquo a comedy is written by Aristophanes

The plot of this comedy concerns the captivity of Peace by War Trygaios the vine-grower decides to release Peace with the aid of God Hermes Together they release Fruit and Theory Irene although she is disappointed by people for their attitude towards her using war to get rich is persuaded by Trygaios to give them one more chance Irene comes to earth and everyone lives happily

Aristophanes through the effort of Trygeos to stop the devastating effects of war and restore peace in our world makes it clear how important it is to live in peace In period of war misery covers everything Even the land is abandoned people die they suffer and lose their possessions Some however get rich from the suffering of others Prosperity happiness progress and development can flourish only in peacetime

Extracts from ldquoPeacerdquo of Aristophanes

ΤρυγαίοςΠού βρέθηκε τόσο κακό Και ο Πόλεμος

ένα βλέμμα που έχειΆραγε αυτός είναι που μπροστά του το

βάζουμε στα πόδιαο φοβερός ο σκληροτράχηλος ο που μας

κάνει να λερώνουμετα σκέλια μαςΠώς τη βρίσκω πώς μ᾽ αρέσει πώς

λιγώνομαιraquoΤώρα ήρθε η ώρα άνδρες Έλληνεςνα γλιτώσουμε από μάχες και από έριδεςτην τριπόθητη ειρήνη έξω να σύρουμεπροτού άλλο γουδοχέρι μπει εμπόδιο295Δράμετε ξωμάχοι έμποροι τεχνίτες και

μαραγκοίξένοι μέτοικοι νησιώτες εδώ ελάτε ο

κόσμος όλοςπάρτε γρήγορα τις τσάπες τους λοστούς

και τα σκοινιάώρα και για μας να πιούμε για τα

καλορίζικα

Trygaeus

ldquo And war what a look he hasI wonder is he the one who makes

us run away when we see him in front of us

So dreadful so cruel makes our legs dirtyrdquo

helliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphellipldquoNow itrsquos time Greek men to

escape from battles and quarrels to draw sweet peace out before some other pestle prevents us

Come laborerslsquo merchants artisans carpenders strangers settlers and islanders come here all of you take picks and levers and ropes

Itrsquos time to drink in honour of good luck

Lysistrata a comedy of Aristophanes

Lysistrata is a comedy by Aristophanes which it is referred to the Peloponnesian war Women with their leader Lysistrata decided to stop the war and to bring back the peace to their homeland

This effort starts with the initial idea of Lysistrata to propose to other women of Athens abstinence from their ldquoconjugal dutiesrdquo until men decide the end of the war At first women were hesitant but they were convinced and swore an oath to never lay with their husband until a peace treaty was signed To ensure the Athenian would honor the treaty Athenian women locked themselves in the Parthenon were the Athenian treasury was stationed As a result a fight broke out between men and women Men were furious about the womenrsquos mutiny but in the end unable to deal with the ldquoneedsrdquo of a city populated by men alone they saw the error of their ways and signed a peace treaty

Peace through ancient drama Euripides (485-406BC) was a tragic

poet and one of the three Grand Masters of the Attic drama in ancient Greek theater

One of the most famous Euripidesrsquo tragedies is ldquoHelenrdquordquo It was written in 412 BC and it was presented on the aftermath of the defeat of the Athenians during the Sicilian campaign which was a heavy blow to their military and their economy

Through this drama he doomed the war as the cause of everything bad

Euripides

The story of Tragedy ldquoHelenrdquo Menelaus after the fall of Troy sailed

to Egypt where he met Helen and learned with amazement that in Troy Helen was nothing but an illusion a shadow maifested by the goddess Ira to avenge the Trojans The real Helen was hidden in Egypt throughout the entire Trojan campaign The devastating war of Troy was based on nothing but a lie The king of Egypt Theoclymenus wants to marry Helen but she manages to escape secretly with Menelaus The project is characterized as anti-war drama because Euripides demonstrates that the war of Troy was based on a lie So why are people fighting

Beautiful Helen the cause of the Trojan war

Phrases with anti- war message through tragedy ldquoHelenrdquo

Ανέμυαλοι όσοι αποζητούν τη δόξα με λόγχες και με δυνατά στον πόλεμο κοντάριαlsquo

ldquoBrainless those who seek glory in arms and heavy spears of warhelliprdquo

Phrases with anti- war message through tragedy ldquoHelenrdquo

laquo hellipαν το δίκιο σου ζητάς με το αίμα

η αμάχη δε θα λείψει από τον κόσμογι αυτήν οι Πριαμίδες πήγαν κάτω στη γης ενώ μπορούσαν μονάχα με τα λόγια Ελένητέλος να δώσουνε στην έχθραraquoldquohellipif you ask for your right with blood the hostility will not miss from the worldso that the Priamides were buried under their lands

while with words Helen they could cease these enmities

A contemporary poet Georgios Seferis who awarded with the Nobel prize of literature inspired this poem from Euripidesrsquo tragedy ldquoHelenrdquo

ΓΙΑ ΕΝΑ ΠΟΥΚΑΜΙΣΟ ΑΔΕΙΑΝΟΚαι στην ΤροίαΤίποτε στην Τροία ndash ένα είδωλοΈτσι το θέλαν οι θεοίΚι ο Πάρης μ έναν ίσκιο πλάγιαζε σαν

να ήταν πλάσμα ατόφιοκι εμείς σφαζόμασταν για την Ελένη

δέκα χρόνιαΜεγάλος πόνος είχε πέσει στην

ΕλλάδαΤόσα κορμιά ριγμέναστα σαγόνια της θάλασσας στα

σαγόνια της γηςτόσες ψυχέςδοσμένες στις μυλόπετρες σαν το

σιτάριΚι οι ποταμοί φούσκωναν μες τη

λάσπη το αίμαγια ένα λινό κυμάτισμα για μια νεφέλημιας πεταλούδας τίναγμα το πούπουλο

ενός κύκνουγια ένα πουκάμισο αδειανό για μιαν

Ελένη

And in TroyNothing in Troy ndash just an imageSo the gods decidedAnd Paris with a shadow creature

lay as if it were realand we were fighting for Helen for

ten yearsInsufferable pain had fallen in

GreeceSo many bodies were thrownIn the jaws of the sea in Earthrsquosso many soulsgiven to millstones like wheatAnd the rivers were rising in the

mud of bloodfor a heaving for a linen cloudof a butterfly shaking the feather

of a swanfor an empty shirt for a Helen

Peace in Olympic Games in ancient period

The Olympic Truce is the cessation of hostile actions between Ancient Greek Cities for a period of time during which they participated in the Ancient Olympic Games In recent decades there have been efforts to make this truce a global institution The idea of the Olympic Truce is connected to the Olympic Games in ancient times From the seventh day before the start of the Olympic Games until the seventh day after all wars were stopped so that all athletes released from military obligations could travel in order to join in the Games The International Olympic Committee has recently proceeded to establish the International Olympic Truce Foundation which is always in collaboration with the Greek governments

Olympic games in ancient period

Ancient Olympia a place where value of peace was born

This work was based on information which has been gathered by students from their books such as ldquoDramatic poetry Eyripidesrsquo Helenrdquo ldquoAncient Greek languagerdquo and from the internet

Isocrates436-338BCrhetorician

An extract from Isocratesrsquo speech ldquoAbout peacerdquo(355BC)It refers to Athenians who were involved in war with their allies Isocrates consulted them to sign peace So he presented through his speech the advantages of peace and the drawbacks of war

laquoἪν δὲ τὴν εἰρήνην ποιησώμεθα [] μετὰ πολλῆς μὲν ἀσφαλείας τὴν πόλιν οἰκήσομεν ἀπαλλαγέντες πολέμων καὶ κινδύνων καὶ ταραχῆς [] καθrsquo ἑκάστην δὲ τὴν ἡμέραν πρὸς εὐπορίαν ἐπιδώσομεν [] ἀδεῶς γεωργοῦντες καὶ τὴν θάλατταν πλέοντες καὶ ταῖς ἄλλαις ἐργασίαις ἐπιχειροῦντες αἳ νῦν διὰ τὸν πόλεμον ἐκλελοίπασινraquo

ldquo If we make peacehellipwe will live in our town safely having disposed of risks and riots and every day we will become more rich by cultivating our land and by crossing the sea and by employing with other things which have been disappeared because of the warrdquo

laquoΔια την των χρημάτων κτήσιν πάντες οι πόλεμοι γίγνονταιraquo

ldquoAll wars are made for the acquisition of material goodsrdquo

Platoon 427-347 BC philosopher

laquoΔια την των χρημάτων κτήσιν πάντες οι πόλεμοι γίγνονταιraquo

Platoon 427-347 BC philosopher

Peace through ancient comedyAristophanes(448-380BC) All the extant comedies of the

fifth century BC belong to one manAristophanes He was the greatest comic writer of his day By the time Aristophanes began to write his comedies democracy had already begun to sour for the Athenians The people were increasingly demoralized by the ongoing conflicts of the Peloponnesian War Therefore he wrote comedies to express his antiwar messages to his fellow citizens Two of them the most famous all over the world are ldquoPeacerdquo andrdquo ldquoLysistratardquo

ldquoPeacerdquo a comedy is written by Aristophanes

The plot of this comedy concerns the captivity of Peace by War Trygaios the vine-grower decides to release Peace with the aid of God Hermes Together they release Fruit and Theory Irene although she is disappointed by people for their attitude towards her using war to get rich is persuaded by Trygaios to give them one more chance Irene comes to earth and everyone lives happily

Aristophanes through the effort of Trygeos to stop the devastating effects of war and restore peace in our world makes it clear how important it is to live in peace In period of war misery covers everything Even the land is abandoned people die they suffer and lose their possessions Some however get rich from the suffering of others Prosperity happiness progress and development can flourish only in peacetime

Extracts from ldquoPeacerdquo of Aristophanes

ΤρυγαίοςΠού βρέθηκε τόσο κακό Και ο Πόλεμος

ένα βλέμμα που έχειΆραγε αυτός είναι που μπροστά του το

βάζουμε στα πόδιαο φοβερός ο σκληροτράχηλος ο που μας

κάνει να λερώνουμετα σκέλια μαςΠώς τη βρίσκω πώς μ᾽ αρέσει πώς

λιγώνομαιraquoΤώρα ήρθε η ώρα άνδρες Έλληνεςνα γλιτώσουμε από μάχες και από έριδεςτην τριπόθητη ειρήνη έξω να σύρουμεπροτού άλλο γουδοχέρι μπει εμπόδιο295Δράμετε ξωμάχοι έμποροι τεχνίτες και

μαραγκοίξένοι μέτοικοι νησιώτες εδώ ελάτε ο

κόσμος όλοςπάρτε γρήγορα τις τσάπες τους λοστούς

και τα σκοινιάώρα και για μας να πιούμε για τα

καλορίζικα

Trygaeus

ldquo And war what a look he hasI wonder is he the one who makes

us run away when we see him in front of us

So dreadful so cruel makes our legs dirtyrdquo

helliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphellipldquoNow itrsquos time Greek men to

escape from battles and quarrels to draw sweet peace out before some other pestle prevents us

Come laborerslsquo merchants artisans carpenders strangers settlers and islanders come here all of you take picks and levers and ropes

Itrsquos time to drink in honour of good luck

Lysistrata a comedy of Aristophanes

Lysistrata is a comedy by Aristophanes which it is referred to the Peloponnesian war Women with their leader Lysistrata decided to stop the war and to bring back the peace to their homeland

This effort starts with the initial idea of Lysistrata to propose to other women of Athens abstinence from their ldquoconjugal dutiesrdquo until men decide the end of the war At first women were hesitant but they were convinced and swore an oath to never lay with their husband until a peace treaty was signed To ensure the Athenian would honor the treaty Athenian women locked themselves in the Parthenon were the Athenian treasury was stationed As a result a fight broke out between men and women Men were furious about the womenrsquos mutiny but in the end unable to deal with the ldquoneedsrdquo of a city populated by men alone they saw the error of their ways and signed a peace treaty

Peace through ancient drama Euripides (485-406BC) was a tragic

poet and one of the three Grand Masters of the Attic drama in ancient Greek theater

One of the most famous Euripidesrsquo tragedies is ldquoHelenrdquordquo It was written in 412 BC and it was presented on the aftermath of the defeat of the Athenians during the Sicilian campaign which was a heavy blow to their military and their economy

Through this drama he doomed the war as the cause of everything bad

Euripides

The story of Tragedy ldquoHelenrdquo Menelaus after the fall of Troy sailed

to Egypt where he met Helen and learned with amazement that in Troy Helen was nothing but an illusion a shadow maifested by the goddess Ira to avenge the Trojans The real Helen was hidden in Egypt throughout the entire Trojan campaign The devastating war of Troy was based on nothing but a lie The king of Egypt Theoclymenus wants to marry Helen but she manages to escape secretly with Menelaus The project is characterized as anti-war drama because Euripides demonstrates that the war of Troy was based on a lie So why are people fighting

Beautiful Helen the cause of the Trojan war

Phrases with anti- war message through tragedy ldquoHelenrdquo

Ανέμυαλοι όσοι αποζητούν τη δόξα με λόγχες και με δυνατά στον πόλεμο κοντάριαlsquo

ldquoBrainless those who seek glory in arms and heavy spears of warhelliprdquo

Phrases with anti- war message through tragedy ldquoHelenrdquo

laquo hellipαν το δίκιο σου ζητάς με το αίμα

η αμάχη δε θα λείψει από τον κόσμογι αυτήν οι Πριαμίδες πήγαν κάτω στη γης ενώ μπορούσαν μονάχα με τα λόγια Ελένητέλος να δώσουνε στην έχθραraquoldquohellipif you ask for your right with blood the hostility will not miss from the worldso that the Priamides were buried under their lands

while with words Helen they could cease these enmities

A contemporary poet Georgios Seferis who awarded with the Nobel prize of literature inspired this poem from Euripidesrsquo tragedy ldquoHelenrdquo

ΓΙΑ ΕΝΑ ΠΟΥΚΑΜΙΣΟ ΑΔΕΙΑΝΟΚαι στην ΤροίαΤίποτε στην Τροία ndash ένα είδωλοΈτσι το θέλαν οι θεοίΚι ο Πάρης μ έναν ίσκιο πλάγιαζε σαν

να ήταν πλάσμα ατόφιοκι εμείς σφαζόμασταν για την Ελένη

δέκα χρόνιαΜεγάλος πόνος είχε πέσει στην

ΕλλάδαΤόσα κορμιά ριγμέναστα σαγόνια της θάλασσας στα

σαγόνια της γηςτόσες ψυχέςδοσμένες στις μυλόπετρες σαν το

σιτάριΚι οι ποταμοί φούσκωναν μες τη

λάσπη το αίμαγια ένα λινό κυμάτισμα για μια νεφέλημιας πεταλούδας τίναγμα το πούπουλο

ενός κύκνουγια ένα πουκάμισο αδειανό για μιαν

Ελένη

And in TroyNothing in Troy ndash just an imageSo the gods decidedAnd Paris with a shadow creature

lay as if it were realand we were fighting for Helen for

ten yearsInsufferable pain had fallen in

GreeceSo many bodies were thrownIn the jaws of the sea in Earthrsquosso many soulsgiven to millstones like wheatAnd the rivers were rising in the

mud of bloodfor a heaving for a linen cloudof a butterfly shaking the feather

of a swanfor an empty shirt for a Helen

Peace in Olympic Games in ancient period

The Olympic Truce is the cessation of hostile actions between Ancient Greek Cities for a period of time during which they participated in the Ancient Olympic Games In recent decades there have been efforts to make this truce a global institution The idea of the Olympic Truce is connected to the Olympic Games in ancient times From the seventh day before the start of the Olympic Games until the seventh day after all wars were stopped so that all athletes released from military obligations could travel in order to join in the Games The International Olympic Committee has recently proceeded to establish the International Olympic Truce Foundation which is always in collaboration with the Greek governments

Olympic games in ancient period

Ancient Olympia a place where value of peace was born

This work was based on information which has been gathered by students from their books such as ldquoDramatic poetry Eyripidesrsquo Helenrdquo ldquoAncient Greek languagerdquo and from the internet

An extract from Isocratesrsquo speech ldquoAbout peacerdquo(355BC)It refers to Athenians who were involved in war with their allies Isocrates consulted them to sign peace So he presented through his speech the advantages of peace and the drawbacks of war

laquoἪν δὲ τὴν εἰρήνην ποιησώμεθα [] μετὰ πολλῆς μὲν ἀσφαλείας τὴν πόλιν οἰκήσομεν ἀπαλλαγέντες πολέμων καὶ κινδύνων καὶ ταραχῆς [] καθrsquo ἑκάστην δὲ τὴν ἡμέραν πρὸς εὐπορίαν ἐπιδώσομεν [] ἀδεῶς γεωργοῦντες καὶ τὴν θάλατταν πλέοντες καὶ ταῖς ἄλλαις ἐργασίαις ἐπιχειροῦντες αἳ νῦν διὰ τὸν πόλεμον ἐκλελοίπασινraquo

ldquo If we make peacehellipwe will live in our town safely having disposed of risks and riots and every day we will become more rich by cultivating our land and by crossing the sea and by employing with other things which have been disappeared because of the warrdquo

laquoΔια την των χρημάτων κτήσιν πάντες οι πόλεμοι γίγνονταιraquo

ldquoAll wars are made for the acquisition of material goodsrdquo

Platoon 427-347 BC philosopher

laquoΔια την των χρημάτων κτήσιν πάντες οι πόλεμοι γίγνονταιraquo

Platoon 427-347 BC philosopher

Peace through ancient comedyAristophanes(448-380BC) All the extant comedies of the

fifth century BC belong to one manAristophanes He was the greatest comic writer of his day By the time Aristophanes began to write his comedies democracy had already begun to sour for the Athenians The people were increasingly demoralized by the ongoing conflicts of the Peloponnesian War Therefore he wrote comedies to express his antiwar messages to his fellow citizens Two of them the most famous all over the world are ldquoPeacerdquo andrdquo ldquoLysistratardquo

ldquoPeacerdquo a comedy is written by Aristophanes

The plot of this comedy concerns the captivity of Peace by War Trygaios the vine-grower decides to release Peace with the aid of God Hermes Together they release Fruit and Theory Irene although she is disappointed by people for their attitude towards her using war to get rich is persuaded by Trygaios to give them one more chance Irene comes to earth and everyone lives happily

Aristophanes through the effort of Trygeos to stop the devastating effects of war and restore peace in our world makes it clear how important it is to live in peace In period of war misery covers everything Even the land is abandoned people die they suffer and lose their possessions Some however get rich from the suffering of others Prosperity happiness progress and development can flourish only in peacetime

Extracts from ldquoPeacerdquo of Aristophanes

ΤρυγαίοςΠού βρέθηκε τόσο κακό Και ο Πόλεμος

ένα βλέμμα που έχειΆραγε αυτός είναι που μπροστά του το

βάζουμε στα πόδιαο φοβερός ο σκληροτράχηλος ο που μας

κάνει να λερώνουμετα σκέλια μαςΠώς τη βρίσκω πώς μ᾽ αρέσει πώς

λιγώνομαιraquoΤώρα ήρθε η ώρα άνδρες Έλληνεςνα γλιτώσουμε από μάχες και από έριδεςτην τριπόθητη ειρήνη έξω να σύρουμεπροτού άλλο γουδοχέρι μπει εμπόδιο295Δράμετε ξωμάχοι έμποροι τεχνίτες και

μαραγκοίξένοι μέτοικοι νησιώτες εδώ ελάτε ο

κόσμος όλοςπάρτε γρήγορα τις τσάπες τους λοστούς

και τα σκοινιάώρα και για μας να πιούμε για τα

καλορίζικα

Trygaeus

ldquo And war what a look he hasI wonder is he the one who makes

us run away when we see him in front of us

So dreadful so cruel makes our legs dirtyrdquo

helliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphellipldquoNow itrsquos time Greek men to

escape from battles and quarrels to draw sweet peace out before some other pestle prevents us

Come laborerslsquo merchants artisans carpenders strangers settlers and islanders come here all of you take picks and levers and ropes

Itrsquos time to drink in honour of good luck

Lysistrata a comedy of Aristophanes

Lysistrata is a comedy by Aristophanes which it is referred to the Peloponnesian war Women with their leader Lysistrata decided to stop the war and to bring back the peace to their homeland

This effort starts with the initial idea of Lysistrata to propose to other women of Athens abstinence from their ldquoconjugal dutiesrdquo until men decide the end of the war At first women were hesitant but they were convinced and swore an oath to never lay with their husband until a peace treaty was signed To ensure the Athenian would honor the treaty Athenian women locked themselves in the Parthenon were the Athenian treasury was stationed As a result a fight broke out between men and women Men were furious about the womenrsquos mutiny but in the end unable to deal with the ldquoneedsrdquo of a city populated by men alone they saw the error of their ways and signed a peace treaty

Peace through ancient drama Euripides (485-406BC) was a tragic

poet and one of the three Grand Masters of the Attic drama in ancient Greek theater

One of the most famous Euripidesrsquo tragedies is ldquoHelenrdquordquo It was written in 412 BC and it was presented on the aftermath of the defeat of the Athenians during the Sicilian campaign which was a heavy blow to their military and their economy

Through this drama he doomed the war as the cause of everything bad

Euripides

The story of Tragedy ldquoHelenrdquo Menelaus after the fall of Troy sailed

to Egypt where he met Helen and learned with amazement that in Troy Helen was nothing but an illusion a shadow maifested by the goddess Ira to avenge the Trojans The real Helen was hidden in Egypt throughout the entire Trojan campaign The devastating war of Troy was based on nothing but a lie The king of Egypt Theoclymenus wants to marry Helen but she manages to escape secretly with Menelaus The project is characterized as anti-war drama because Euripides demonstrates that the war of Troy was based on a lie So why are people fighting

Beautiful Helen the cause of the Trojan war

Phrases with anti- war message through tragedy ldquoHelenrdquo

Ανέμυαλοι όσοι αποζητούν τη δόξα με λόγχες και με δυνατά στον πόλεμο κοντάριαlsquo

ldquoBrainless those who seek glory in arms and heavy spears of warhelliprdquo

Phrases with anti- war message through tragedy ldquoHelenrdquo

laquo hellipαν το δίκιο σου ζητάς με το αίμα

η αμάχη δε θα λείψει από τον κόσμογι αυτήν οι Πριαμίδες πήγαν κάτω στη γης ενώ μπορούσαν μονάχα με τα λόγια Ελένητέλος να δώσουνε στην έχθραraquoldquohellipif you ask for your right with blood the hostility will not miss from the worldso that the Priamides were buried under their lands

while with words Helen they could cease these enmities

A contemporary poet Georgios Seferis who awarded with the Nobel prize of literature inspired this poem from Euripidesrsquo tragedy ldquoHelenrdquo

ΓΙΑ ΕΝΑ ΠΟΥΚΑΜΙΣΟ ΑΔΕΙΑΝΟΚαι στην ΤροίαΤίποτε στην Τροία ndash ένα είδωλοΈτσι το θέλαν οι θεοίΚι ο Πάρης μ έναν ίσκιο πλάγιαζε σαν

να ήταν πλάσμα ατόφιοκι εμείς σφαζόμασταν για την Ελένη

δέκα χρόνιαΜεγάλος πόνος είχε πέσει στην

ΕλλάδαΤόσα κορμιά ριγμέναστα σαγόνια της θάλασσας στα

σαγόνια της γηςτόσες ψυχέςδοσμένες στις μυλόπετρες σαν το

σιτάριΚι οι ποταμοί φούσκωναν μες τη

λάσπη το αίμαγια ένα λινό κυμάτισμα για μια νεφέλημιας πεταλούδας τίναγμα το πούπουλο

ενός κύκνουγια ένα πουκάμισο αδειανό για μιαν

Ελένη

And in TroyNothing in Troy ndash just an imageSo the gods decidedAnd Paris with a shadow creature

lay as if it were realand we were fighting for Helen for

ten yearsInsufferable pain had fallen in

GreeceSo many bodies were thrownIn the jaws of the sea in Earthrsquosso many soulsgiven to millstones like wheatAnd the rivers were rising in the

mud of bloodfor a heaving for a linen cloudof a butterfly shaking the feather

of a swanfor an empty shirt for a Helen

Peace in Olympic Games in ancient period

The Olympic Truce is the cessation of hostile actions between Ancient Greek Cities for a period of time during which they participated in the Ancient Olympic Games In recent decades there have been efforts to make this truce a global institution The idea of the Olympic Truce is connected to the Olympic Games in ancient times From the seventh day before the start of the Olympic Games until the seventh day after all wars were stopped so that all athletes released from military obligations could travel in order to join in the Games The International Olympic Committee has recently proceeded to establish the International Olympic Truce Foundation which is always in collaboration with the Greek governments

Olympic games in ancient period

Ancient Olympia a place where value of peace was born

This work was based on information which has been gathered by students from their books such as ldquoDramatic poetry Eyripidesrsquo Helenrdquo ldquoAncient Greek languagerdquo and from the internet

laquoΔια την των χρημάτων κτήσιν πάντες οι πόλεμοι γίγνονταιraquo

ldquoAll wars are made for the acquisition of material goodsrdquo

Platoon 427-347 BC philosopher

laquoΔια την των χρημάτων κτήσιν πάντες οι πόλεμοι γίγνονταιraquo

Platoon 427-347 BC philosopher

Peace through ancient comedyAristophanes(448-380BC) All the extant comedies of the

fifth century BC belong to one manAristophanes He was the greatest comic writer of his day By the time Aristophanes began to write his comedies democracy had already begun to sour for the Athenians The people were increasingly demoralized by the ongoing conflicts of the Peloponnesian War Therefore he wrote comedies to express his antiwar messages to his fellow citizens Two of them the most famous all over the world are ldquoPeacerdquo andrdquo ldquoLysistratardquo

ldquoPeacerdquo a comedy is written by Aristophanes

The plot of this comedy concerns the captivity of Peace by War Trygaios the vine-grower decides to release Peace with the aid of God Hermes Together they release Fruit and Theory Irene although she is disappointed by people for their attitude towards her using war to get rich is persuaded by Trygaios to give them one more chance Irene comes to earth and everyone lives happily

Aristophanes through the effort of Trygeos to stop the devastating effects of war and restore peace in our world makes it clear how important it is to live in peace In period of war misery covers everything Even the land is abandoned people die they suffer and lose their possessions Some however get rich from the suffering of others Prosperity happiness progress and development can flourish only in peacetime

Extracts from ldquoPeacerdquo of Aristophanes

ΤρυγαίοςΠού βρέθηκε τόσο κακό Και ο Πόλεμος

ένα βλέμμα που έχειΆραγε αυτός είναι που μπροστά του το

βάζουμε στα πόδιαο φοβερός ο σκληροτράχηλος ο που μας

κάνει να λερώνουμετα σκέλια μαςΠώς τη βρίσκω πώς μ᾽ αρέσει πώς

λιγώνομαιraquoΤώρα ήρθε η ώρα άνδρες Έλληνεςνα γλιτώσουμε από μάχες και από έριδεςτην τριπόθητη ειρήνη έξω να σύρουμεπροτού άλλο γουδοχέρι μπει εμπόδιο295Δράμετε ξωμάχοι έμποροι τεχνίτες και

μαραγκοίξένοι μέτοικοι νησιώτες εδώ ελάτε ο

κόσμος όλοςπάρτε γρήγορα τις τσάπες τους λοστούς

και τα σκοινιάώρα και για μας να πιούμε για τα

καλορίζικα

Trygaeus

ldquo And war what a look he hasI wonder is he the one who makes

us run away when we see him in front of us

So dreadful so cruel makes our legs dirtyrdquo

helliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphellipldquoNow itrsquos time Greek men to

escape from battles and quarrels to draw sweet peace out before some other pestle prevents us

Come laborerslsquo merchants artisans carpenders strangers settlers and islanders come here all of you take picks and levers and ropes

Itrsquos time to drink in honour of good luck

Lysistrata a comedy of Aristophanes

Lysistrata is a comedy by Aristophanes which it is referred to the Peloponnesian war Women with their leader Lysistrata decided to stop the war and to bring back the peace to their homeland

This effort starts with the initial idea of Lysistrata to propose to other women of Athens abstinence from their ldquoconjugal dutiesrdquo until men decide the end of the war At first women were hesitant but they were convinced and swore an oath to never lay with their husband until a peace treaty was signed To ensure the Athenian would honor the treaty Athenian women locked themselves in the Parthenon were the Athenian treasury was stationed As a result a fight broke out between men and women Men were furious about the womenrsquos mutiny but in the end unable to deal with the ldquoneedsrdquo of a city populated by men alone they saw the error of their ways and signed a peace treaty

Peace through ancient drama Euripides (485-406BC) was a tragic

poet and one of the three Grand Masters of the Attic drama in ancient Greek theater

One of the most famous Euripidesrsquo tragedies is ldquoHelenrdquordquo It was written in 412 BC and it was presented on the aftermath of the defeat of the Athenians during the Sicilian campaign which was a heavy blow to their military and their economy

Through this drama he doomed the war as the cause of everything bad

Euripides

The story of Tragedy ldquoHelenrdquo Menelaus after the fall of Troy sailed

to Egypt where he met Helen and learned with amazement that in Troy Helen was nothing but an illusion a shadow maifested by the goddess Ira to avenge the Trojans The real Helen was hidden in Egypt throughout the entire Trojan campaign The devastating war of Troy was based on nothing but a lie The king of Egypt Theoclymenus wants to marry Helen but she manages to escape secretly with Menelaus The project is characterized as anti-war drama because Euripides demonstrates that the war of Troy was based on a lie So why are people fighting

Beautiful Helen the cause of the Trojan war

Phrases with anti- war message through tragedy ldquoHelenrdquo

Ανέμυαλοι όσοι αποζητούν τη δόξα με λόγχες και με δυνατά στον πόλεμο κοντάριαlsquo

ldquoBrainless those who seek glory in arms and heavy spears of warhelliprdquo

Phrases with anti- war message through tragedy ldquoHelenrdquo

laquo hellipαν το δίκιο σου ζητάς με το αίμα

η αμάχη δε θα λείψει από τον κόσμογι αυτήν οι Πριαμίδες πήγαν κάτω στη γης ενώ μπορούσαν μονάχα με τα λόγια Ελένητέλος να δώσουνε στην έχθραraquoldquohellipif you ask for your right with blood the hostility will not miss from the worldso that the Priamides were buried under their lands

while with words Helen they could cease these enmities

A contemporary poet Georgios Seferis who awarded with the Nobel prize of literature inspired this poem from Euripidesrsquo tragedy ldquoHelenrdquo

ΓΙΑ ΕΝΑ ΠΟΥΚΑΜΙΣΟ ΑΔΕΙΑΝΟΚαι στην ΤροίαΤίποτε στην Τροία ndash ένα είδωλοΈτσι το θέλαν οι θεοίΚι ο Πάρης μ έναν ίσκιο πλάγιαζε σαν

να ήταν πλάσμα ατόφιοκι εμείς σφαζόμασταν για την Ελένη

δέκα χρόνιαΜεγάλος πόνος είχε πέσει στην

ΕλλάδαΤόσα κορμιά ριγμέναστα σαγόνια της θάλασσας στα

σαγόνια της γηςτόσες ψυχέςδοσμένες στις μυλόπετρες σαν το

σιτάριΚι οι ποταμοί φούσκωναν μες τη

λάσπη το αίμαγια ένα λινό κυμάτισμα για μια νεφέλημιας πεταλούδας τίναγμα το πούπουλο

ενός κύκνουγια ένα πουκάμισο αδειανό για μιαν

Ελένη

And in TroyNothing in Troy ndash just an imageSo the gods decidedAnd Paris with a shadow creature

lay as if it were realand we were fighting for Helen for

ten yearsInsufferable pain had fallen in

GreeceSo many bodies were thrownIn the jaws of the sea in Earthrsquosso many soulsgiven to millstones like wheatAnd the rivers were rising in the

mud of bloodfor a heaving for a linen cloudof a butterfly shaking the feather

of a swanfor an empty shirt for a Helen

Peace in Olympic Games in ancient period

The Olympic Truce is the cessation of hostile actions between Ancient Greek Cities for a period of time during which they participated in the Ancient Olympic Games In recent decades there have been efforts to make this truce a global institution The idea of the Olympic Truce is connected to the Olympic Games in ancient times From the seventh day before the start of the Olympic Games until the seventh day after all wars were stopped so that all athletes released from military obligations could travel in order to join in the Games The International Olympic Committee has recently proceeded to establish the International Olympic Truce Foundation which is always in collaboration with the Greek governments

Olympic games in ancient period

Ancient Olympia a place where value of peace was born

This work was based on information which has been gathered by students from their books such as ldquoDramatic poetry Eyripidesrsquo Helenrdquo ldquoAncient Greek languagerdquo and from the internet

Peace through ancient comedyAristophanes(448-380BC) All the extant comedies of the

fifth century BC belong to one manAristophanes He was the greatest comic writer of his day By the time Aristophanes began to write his comedies democracy had already begun to sour for the Athenians The people were increasingly demoralized by the ongoing conflicts of the Peloponnesian War Therefore he wrote comedies to express his antiwar messages to his fellow citizens Two of them the most famous all over the world are ldquoPeacerdquo andrdquo ldquoLysistratardquo

ldquoPeacerdquo a comedy is written by Aristophanes

The plot of this comedy concerns the captivity of Peace by War Trygaios the vine-grower decides to release Peace with the aid of God Hermes Together they release Fruit and Theory Irene although she is disappointed by people for their attitude towards her using war to get rich is persuaded by Trygaios to give them one more chance Irene comes to earth and everyone lives happily

Aristophanes through the effort of Trygeos to stop the devastating effects of war and restore peace in our world makes it clear how important it is to live in peace In period of war misery covers everything Even the land is abandoned people die they suffer and lose their possessions Some however get rich from the suffering of others Prosperity happiness progress and development can flourish only in peacetime

Extracts from ldquoPeacerdquo of Aristophanes

ΤρυγαίοςΠού βρέθηκε τόσο κακό Και ο Πόλεμος

ένα βλέμμα που έχειΆραγε αυτός είναι που μπροστά του το

βάζουμε στα πόδιαο φοβερός ο σκληροτράχηλος ο που μας

κάνει να λερώνουμετα σκέλια μαςΠώς τη βρίσκω πώς μ᾽ αρέσει πώς

λιγώνομαιraquoΤώρα ήρθε η ώρα άνδρες Έλληνεςνα γλιτώσουμε από μάχες και από έριδεςτην τριπόθητη ειρήνη έξω να σύρουμεπροτού άλλο γουδοχέρι μπει εμπόδιο295Δράμετε ξωμάχοι έμποροι τεχνίτες και

μαραγκοίξένοι μέτοικοι νησιώτες εδώ ελάτε ο

κόσμος όλοςπάρτε γρήγορα τις τσάπες τους λοστούς

και τα σκοινιάώρα και για μας να πιούμε για τα

καλορίζικα

Trygaeus

ldquo And war what a look he hasI wonder is he the one who makes

us run away when we see him in front of us

So dreadful so cruel makes our legs dirtyrdquo

helliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphellipldquoNow itrsquos time Greek men to

escape from battles and quarrels to draw sweet peace out before some other pestle prevents us

Come laborerslsquo merchants artisans carpenders strangers settlers and islanders come here all of you take picks and levers and ropes

Itrsquos time to drink in honour of good luck

Lysistrata a comedy of Aristophanes

Lysistrata is a comedy by Aristophanes which it is referred to the Peloponnesian war Women with their leader Lysistrata decided to stop the war and to bring back the peace to their homeland

This effort starts with the initial idea of Lysistrata to propose to other women of Athens abstinence from their ldquoconjugal dutiesrdquo until men decide the end of the war At first women were hesitant but they were convinced and swore an oath to never lay with their husband until a peace treaty was signed To ensure the Athenian would honor the treaty Athenian women locked themselves in the Parthenon were the Athenian treasury was stationed As a result a fight broke out between men and women Men were furious about the womenrsquos mutiny but in the end unable to deal with the ldquoneedsrdquo of a city populated by men alone they saw the error of their ways and signed a peace treaty

Peace through ancient drama Euripides (485-406BC) was a tragic

poet and one of the three Grand Masters of the Attic drama in ancient Greek theater

One of the most famous Euripidesrsquo tragedies is ldquoHelenrdquordquo It was written in 412 BC and it was presented on the aftermath of the defeat of the Athenians during the Sicilian campaign which was a heavy blow to their military and their economy

Through this drama he doomed the war as the cause of everything bad

Euripides

The story of Tragedy ldquoHelenrdquo Menelaus after the fall of Troy sailed

to Egypt where he met Helen and learned with amazement that in Troy Helen was nothing but an illusion a shadow maifested by the goddess Ira to avenge the Trojans The real Helen was hidden in Egypt throughout the entire Trojan campaign The devastating war of Troy was based on nothing but a lie The king of Egypt Theoclymenus wants to marry Helen but she manages to escape secretly with Menelaus The project is characterized as anti-war drama because Euripides demonstrates that the war of Troy was based on a lie So why are people fighting

Beautiful Helen the cause of the Trojan war

Phrases with anti- war message through tragedy ldquoHelenrdquo

Ανέμυαλοι όσοι αποζητούν τη δόξα με λόγχες και με δυνατά στον πόλεμο κοντάριαlsquo

ldquoBrainless those who seek glory in arms and heavy spears of warhelliprdquo

Phrases with anti- war message through tragedy ldquoHelenrdquo

laquo hellipαν το δίκιο σου ζητάς με το αίμα

η αμάχη δε θα λείψει από τον κόσμογι αυτήν οι Πριαμίδες πήγαν κάτω στη γης ενώ μπορούσαν μονάχα με τα λόγια Ελένητέλος να δώσουνε στην έχθραraquoldquohellipif you ask for your right with blood the hostility will not miss from the worldso that the Priamides were buried under their lands

while with words Helen they could cease these enmities

A contemporary poet Georgios Seferis who awarded with the Nobel prize of literature inspired this poem from Euripidesrsquo tragedy ldquoHelenrdquo

ΓΙΑ ΕΝΑ ΠΟΥΚΑΜΙΣΟ ΑΔΕΙΑΝΟΚαι στην ΤροίαΤίποτε στην Τροία ndash ένα είδωλοΈτσι το θέλαν οι θεοίΚι ο Πάρης μ έναν ίσκιο πλάγιαζε σαν

να ήταν πλάσμα ατόφιοκι εμείς σφαζόμασταν για την Ελένη

δέκα χρόνιαΜεγάλος πόνος είχε πέσει στην

ΕλλάδαΤόσα κορμιά ριγμέναστα σαγόνια της θάλασσας στα

σαγόνια της γηςτόσες ψυχέςδοσμένες στις μυλόπετρες σαν το

σιτάριΚι οι ποταμοί φούσκωναν μες τη

λάσπη το αίμαγια ένα λινό κυμάτισμα για μια νεφέλημιας πεταλούδας τίναγμα το πούπουλο

ενός κύκνουγια ένα πουκάμισο αδειανό για μιαν

Ελένη

And in TroyNothing in Troy ndash just an imageSo the gods decidedAnd Paris with a shadow creature

lay as if it were realand we were fighting for Helen for

ten yearsInsufferable pain had fallen in

GreeceSo many bodies were thrownIn the jaws of the sea in Earthrsquosso many soulsgiven to millstones like wheatAnd the rivers were rising in the

mud of bloodfor a heaving for a linen cloudof a butterfly shaking the feather

of a swanfor an empty shirt for a Helen

Peace in Olympic Games in ancient period

The Olympic Truce is the cessation of hostile actions between Ancient Greek Cities for a period of time during which they participated in the Ancient Olympic Games In recent decades there have been efforts to make this truce a global institution The idea of the Olympic Truce is connected to the Olympic Games in ancient times From the seventh day before the start of the Olympic Games until the seventh day after all wars were stopped so that all athletes released from military obligations could travel in order to join in the Games The International Olympic Committee has recently proceeded to establish the International Olympic Truce Foundation which is always in collaboration with the Greek governments

Olympic games in ancient period

Ancient Olympia a place where value of peace was born

This work was based on information which has been gathered by students from their books such as ldquoDramatic poetry Eyripidesrsquo Helenrdquo ldquoAncient Greek languagerdquo and from the internet

ldquoPeacerdquo a comedy is written by Aristophanes

The plot of this comedy concerns the captivity of Peace by War Trygaios the vine-grower decides to release Peace with the aid of God Hermes Together they release Fruit and Theory Irene although she is disappointed by people for their attitude towards her using war to get rich is persuaded by Trygaios to give them one more chance Irene comes to earth and everyone lives happily

Aristophanes through the effort of Trygeos to stop the devastating effects of war and restore peace in our world makes it clear how important it is to live in peace In period of war misery covers everything Even the land is abandoned people die they suffer and lose their possessions Some however get rich from the suffering of others Prosperity happiness progress and development can flourish only in peacetime

Extracts from ldquoPeacerdquo of Aristophanes

ΤρυγαίοςΠού βρέθηκε τόσο κακό Και ο Πόλεμος

ένα βλέμμα που έχειΆραγε αυτός είναι που μπροστά του το

βάζουμε στα πόδιαο φοβερός ο σκληροτράχηλος ο που μας

κάνει να λερώνουμετα σκέλια μαςΠώς τη βρίσκω πώς μ᾽ αρέσει πώς

λιγώνομαιraquoΤώρα ήρθε η ώρα άνδρες Έλληνεςνα γλιτώσουμε από μάχες και από έριδεςτην τριπόθητη ειρήνη έξω να σύρουμεπροτού άλλο γουδοχέρι μπει εμπόδιο295Δράμετε ξωμάχοι έμποροι τεχνίτες και

μαραγκοίξένοι μέτοικοι νησιώτες εδώ ελάτε ο

κόσμος όλοςπάρτε γρήγορα τις τσάπες τους λοστούς

και τα σκοινιάώρα και για μας να πιούμε για τα

καλορίζικα

Trygaeus

ldquo And war what a look he hasI wonder is he the one who makes

us run away when we see him in front of us

So dreadful so cruel makes our legs dirtyrdquo

helliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphellipldquoNow itrsquos time Greek men to

escape from battles and quarrels to draw sweet peace out before some other pestle prevents us

Come laborerslsquo merchants artisans carpenders strangers settlers and islanders come here all of you take picks and levers and ropes

Itrsquos time to drink in honour of good luck

Lysistrata a comedy of Aristophanes

Lysistrata is a comedy by Aristophanes which it is referred to the Peloponnesian war Women with their leader Lysistrata decided to stop the war and to bring back the peace to their homeland

This effort starts with the initial idea of Lysistrata to propose to other women of Athens abstinence from their ldquoconjugal dutiesrdquo until men decide the end of the war At first women were hesitant but they were convinced and swore an oath to never lay with their husband until a peace treaty was signed To ensure the Athenian would honor the treaty Athenian women locked themselves in the Parthenon were the Athenian treasury was stationed As a result a fight broke out between men and women Men were furious about the womenrsquos mutiny but in the end unable to deal with the ldquoneedsrdquo of a city populated by men alone they saw the error of their ways and signed a peace treaty

Peace through ancient drama Euripides (485-406BC) was a tragic

poet and one of the three Grand Masters of the Attic drama in ancient Greek theater

One of the most famous Euripidesrsquo tragedies is ldquoHelenrdquordquo It was written in 412 BC and it was presented on the aftermath of the defeat of the Athenians during the Sicilian campaign which was a heavy blow to their military and their economy

Through this drama he doomed the war as the cause of everything bad

Euripides

The story of Tragedy ldquoHelenrdquo Menelaus after the fall of Troy sailed

to Egypt where he met Helen and learned with amazement that in Troy Helen was nothing but an illusion a shadow maifested by the goddess Ira to avenge the Trojans The real Helen was hidden in Egypt throughout the entire Trojan campaign The devastating war of Troy was based on nothing but a lie The king of Egypt Theoclymenus wants to marry Helen but she manages to escape secretly with Menelaus The project is characterized as anti-war drama because Euripides demonstrates that the war of Troy was based on a lie So why are people fighting

Beautiful Helen the cause of the Trojan war

Phrases with anti- war message through tragedy ldquoHelenrdquo

Ανέμυαλοι όσοι αποζητούν τη δόξα με λόγχες και με δυνατά στον πόλεμο κοντάριαlsquo

ldquoBrainless those who seek glory in arms and heavy spears of warhelliprdquo

Phrases with anti- war message through tragedy ldquoHelenrdquo

laquo hellipαν το δίκιο σου ζητάς με το αίμα

η αμάχη δε θα λείψει από τον κόσμογι αυτήν οι Πριαμίδες πήγαν κάτω στη γης ενώ μπορούσαν μονάχα με τα λόγια Ελένητέλος να δώσουνε στην έχθραraquoldquohellipif you ask for your right with blood the hostility will not miss from the worldso that the Priamides were buried under their lands

while with words Helen they could cease these enmities

A contemporary poet Georgios Seferis who awarded with the Nobel prize of literature inspired this poem from Euripidesrsquo tragedy ldquoHelenrdquo

ΓΙΑ ΕΝΑ ΠΟΥΚΑΜΙΣΟ ΑΔΕΙΑΝΟΚαι στην ΤροίαΤίποτε στην Τροία ndash ένα είδωλοΈτσι το θέλαν οι θεοίΚι ο Πάρης μ έναν ίσκιο πλάγιαζε σαν

να ήταν πλάσμα ατόφιοκι εμείς σφαζόμασταν για την Ελένη

δέκα χρόνιαΜεγάλος πόνος είχε πέσει στην

ΕλλάδαΤόσα κορμιά ριγμέναστα σαγόνια της θάλασσας στα

σαγόνια της γηςτόσες ψυχέςδοσμένες στις μυλόπετρες σαν το

σιτάριΚι οι ποταμοί φούσκωναν μες τη

λάσπη το αίμαγια ένα λινό κυμάτισμα για μια νεφέλημιας πεταλούδας τίναγμα το πούπουλο

ενός κύκνουγια ένα πουκάμισο αδειανό για μιαν

Ελένη

And in TroyNothing in Troy ndash just an imageSo the gods decidedAnd Paris with a shadow creature

lay as if it were realand we were fighting for Helen for

ten yearsInsufferable pain had fallen in

GreeceSo many bodies were thrownIn the jaws of the sea in Earthrsquosso many soulsgiven to millstones like wheatAnd the rivers were rising in the

mud of bloodfor a heaving for a linen cloudof a butterfly shaking the feather

of a swanfor an empty shirt for a Helen

Peace in Olympic Games in ancient period

The Olympic Truce is the cessation of hostile actions between Ancient Greek Cities for a period of time during which they participated in the Ancient Olympic Games In recent decades there have been efforts to make this truce a global institution The idea of the Olympic Truce is connected to the Olympic Games in ancient times From the seventh day before the start of the Olympic Games until the seventh day after all wars were stopped so that all athletes released from military obligations could travel in order to join in the Games The International Olympic Committee has recently proceeded to establish the International Olympic Truce Foundation which is always in collaboration with the Greek governments

Olympic games in ancient period

Ancient Olympia a place where value of peace was born

This work was based on information which has been gathered by students from their books such as ldquoDramatic poetry Eyripidesrsquo Helenrdquo ldquoAncient Greek languagerdquo and from the internet

Extracts from ldquoPeacerdquo of Aristophanes

ΤρυγαίοςΠού βρέθηκε τόσο κακό Και ο Πόλεμος

ένα βλέμμα που έχειΆραγε αυτός είναι που μπροστά του το

βάζουμε στα πόδιαο φοβερός ο σκληροτράχηλος ο που μας

κάνει να λερώνουμετα σκέλια μαςΠώς τη βρίσκω πώς μ᾽ αρέσει πώς

λιγώνομαιraquoΤώρα ήρθε η ώρα άνδρες Έλληνεςνα γλιτώσουμε από μάχες και από έριδεςτην τριπόθητη ειρήνη έξω να σύρουμεπροτού άλλο γουδοχέρι μπει εμπόδιο295Δράμετε ξωμάχοι έμποροι τεχνίτες και

μαραγκοίξένοι μέτοικοι νησιώτες εδώ ελάτε ο

κόσμος όλοςπάρτε γρήγορα τις τσάπες τους λοστούς

και τα σκοινιάώρα και για μας να πιούμε για τα

καλορίζικα

Trygaeus

ldquo And war what a look he hasI wonder is he the one who makes

us run away when we see him in front of us

So dreadful so cruel makes our legs dirtyrdquo

helliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphellipldquoNow itrsquos time Greek men to

escape from battles and quarrels to draw sweet peace out before some other pestle prevents us

Come laborerslsquo merchants artisans carpenders strangers settlers and islanders come here all of you take picks and levers and ropes

Itrsquos time to drink in honour of good luck

Lysistrata a comedy of Aristophanes

Lysistrata is a comedy by Aristophanes which it is referred to the Peloponnesian war Women with their leader Lysistrata decided to stop the war and to bring back the peace to their homeland

This effort starts with the initial idea of Lysistrata to propose to other women of Athens abstinence from their ldquoconjugal dutiesrdquo until men decide the end of the war At first women were hesitant but they were convinced and swore an oath to never lay with their husband until a peace treaty was signed To ensure the Athenian would honor the treaty Athenian women locked themselves in the Parthenon were the Athenian treasury was stationed As a result a fight broke out between men and women Men were furious about the womenrsquos mutiny but in the end unable to deal with the ldquoneedsrdquo of a city populated by men alone they saw the error of their ways and signed a peace treaty

Peace through ancient drama Euripides (485-406BC) was a tragic

poet and one of the three Grand Masters of the Attic drama in ancient Greek theater

One of the most famous Euripidesrsquo tragedies is ldquoHelenrdquordquo It was written in 412 BC and it was presented on the aftermath of the defeat of the Athenians during the Sicilian campaign which was a heavy blow to their military and their economy

Through this drama he doomed the war as the cause of everything bad

Euripides

The story of Tragedy ldquoHelenrdquo Menelaus after the fall of Troy sailed

to Egypt where he met Helen and learned with amazement that in Troy Helen was nothing but an illusion a shadow maifested by the goddess Ira to avenge the Trojans The real Helen was hidden in Egypt throughout the entire Trojan campaign The devastating war of Troy was based on nothing but a lie The king of Egypt Theoclymenus wants to marry Helen but she manages to escape secretly with Menelaus The project is characterized as anti-war drama because Euripides demonstrates that the war of Troy was based on a lie So why are people fighting

Beautiful Helen the cause of the Trojan war

Phrases with anti- war message through tragedy ldquoHelenrdquo

Ανέμυαλοι όσοι αποζητούν τη δόξα με λόγχες και με δυνατά στον πόλεμο κοντάριαlsquo

ldquoBrainless those who seek glory in arms and heavy spears of warhelliprdquo

Phrases with anti- war message through tragedy ldquoHelenrdquo

laquo hellipαν το δίκιο σου ζητάς με το αίμα

η αμάχη δε θα λείψει από τον κόσμογι αυτήν οι Πριαμίδες πήγαν κάτω στη γης ενώ μπορούσαν μονάχα με τα λόγια Ελένητέλος να δώσουνε στην έχθραraquoldquohellipif you ask for your right with blood the hostility will not miss from the worldso that the Priamides were buried under their lands

while with words Helen they could cease these enmities

A contemporary poet Georgios Seferis who awarded with the Nobel prize of literature inspired this poem from Euripidesrsquo tragedy ldquoHelenrdquo

ΓΙΑ ΕΝΑ ΠΟΥΚΑΜΙΣΟ ΑΔΕΙΑΝΟΚαι στην ΤροίαΤίποτε στην Τροία ndash ένα είδωλοΈτσι το θέλαν οι θεοίΚι ο Πάρης μ έναν ίσκιο πλάγιαζε σαν

να ήταν πλάσμα ατόφιοκι εμείς σφαζόμασταν για την Ελένη

δέκα χρόνιαΜεγάλος πόνος είχε πέσει στην

ΕλλάδαΤόσα κορμιά ριγμέναστα σαγόνια της θάλασσας στα

σαγόνια της γηςτόσες ψυχέςδοσμένες στις μυλόπετρες σαν το

σιτάριΚι οι ποταμοί φούσκωναν μες τη

λάσπη το αίμαγια ένα λινό κυμάτισμα για μια νεφέλημιας πεταλούδας τίναγμα το πούπουλο

ενός κύκνουγια ένα πουκάμισο αδειανό για μιαν

Ελένη

And in TroyNothing in Troy ndash just an imageSo the gods decidedAnd Paris with a shadow creature

lay as if it were realand we were fighting for Helen for

ten yearsInsufferable pain had fallen in

GreeceSo many bodies were thrownIn the jaws of the sea in Earthrsquosso many soulsgiven to millstones like wheatAnd the rivers were rising in the

mud of bloodfor a heaving for a linen cloudof a butterfly shaking the feather

of a swanfor an empty shirt for a Helen

Peace in Olympic Games in ancient period

The Olympic Truce is the cessation of hostile actions between Ancient Greek Cities for a period of time during which they participated in the Ancient Olympic Games In recent decades there have been efforts to make this truce a global institution The idea of the Olympic Truce is connected to the Olympic Games in ancient times From the seventh day before the start of the Olympic Games until the seventh day after all wars were stopped so that all athletes released from military obligations could travel in order to join in the Games The International Olympic Committee has recently proceeded to establish the International Olympic Truce Foundation which is always in collaboration with the Greek governments

Olympic games in ancient period

Ancient Olympia a place where value of peace was born

This work was based on information which has been gathered by students from their books such as ldquoDramatic poetry Eyripidesrsquo Helenrdquo ldquoAncient Greek languagerdquo and from the internet

Lysistrata a comedy of Aristophanes

Lysistrata is a comedy by Aristophanes which it is referred to the Peloponnesian war Women with their leader Lysistrata decided to stop the war and to bring back the peace to their homeland

This effort starts with the initial idea of Lysistrata to propose to other women of Athens abstinence from their ldquoconjugal dutiesrdquo until men decide the end of the war At first women were hesitant but they were convinced and swore an oath to never lay with their husband until a peace treaty was signed To ensure the Athenian would honor the treaty Athenian women locked themselves in the Parthenon were the Athenian treasury was stationed As a result a fight broke out between men and women Men were furious about the womenrsquos mutiny but in the end unable to deal with the ldquoneedsrdquo of a city populated by men alone they saw the error of their ways and signed a peace treaty

Peace through ancient drama Euripides (485-406BC) was a tragic

poet and one of the three Grand Masters of the Attic drama in ancient Greek theater

One of the most famous Euripidesrsquo tragedies is ldquoHelenrdquordquo It was written in 412 BC and it was presented on the aftermath of the defeat of the Athenians during the Sicilian campaign which was a heavy blow to their military and their economy

Through this drama he doomed the war as the cause of everything bad

Euripides

The story of Tragedy ldquoHelenrdquo Menelaus after the fall of Troy sailed

to Egypt where he met Helen and learned with amazement that in Troy Helen was nothing but an illusion a shadow maifested by the goddess Ira to avenge the Trojans The real Helen was hidden in Egypt throughout the entire Trojan campaign The devastating war of Troy was based on nothing but a lie The king of Egypt Theoclymenus wants to marry Helen but she manages to escape secretly with Menelaus The project is characterized as anti-war drama because Euripides demonstrates that the war of Troy was based on a lie So why are people fighting

Beautiful Helen the cause of the Trojan war

Phrases with anti- war message through tragedy ldquoHelenrdquo

Ανέμυαλοι όσοι αποζητούν τη δόξα με λόγχες και με δυνατά στον πόλεμο κοντάριαlsquo

ldquoBrainless those who seek glory in arms and heavy spears of warhelliprdquo

Phrases with anti- war message through tragedy ldquoHelenrdquo

laquo hellipαν το δίκιο σου ζητάς με το αίμα

η αμάχη δε θα λείψει από τον κόσμογι αυτήν οι Πριαμίδες πήγαν κάτω στη γης ενώ μπορούσαν μονάχα με τα λόγια Ελένητέλος να δώσουνε στην έχθραraquoldquohellipif you ask for your right with blood the hostility will not miss from the worldso that the Priamides were buried under their lands

while with words Helen they could cease these enmities

A contemporary poet Georgios Seferis who awarded with the Nobel prize of literature inspired this poem from Euripidesrsquo tragedy ldquoHelenrdquo

ΓΙΑ ΕΝΑ ΠΟΥΚΑΜΙΣΟ ΑΔΕΙΑΝΟΚαι στην ΤροίαΤίποτε στην Τροία ndash ένα είδωλοΈτσι το θέλαν οι θεοίΚι ο Πάρης μ έναν ίσκιο πλάγιαζε σαν

να ήταν πλάσμα ατόφιοκι εμείς σφαζόμασταν για την Ελένη

δέκα χρόνιαΜεγάλος πόνος είχε πέσει στην

ΕλλάδαΤόσα κορμιά ριγμέναστα σαγόνια της θάλασσας στα

σαγόνια της γηςτόσες ψυχέςδοσμένες στις μυλόπετρες σαν το

σιτάριΚι οι ποταμοί φούσκωναν μες τη

λάσπη το αίμαγια ένα λινό κυμάτισμα για μια νεφέλημιας πεταλούδας τίναγμα το πούπουλο

ενός κύκνουγια ένα πουκάμισο αδειανό για μιαν

Ελένη

And in TroyNothing in Troy ndash just an imageSo the gods decidedAnd Paris with a shadow creature

lay as if it were realand we were fighting for Helen for

ten yearsInsufferable pain had fallen in

GreeceSo many bodies were thrownIn the jaws of the sea in Earthrsquosso many soulsgiven to millstones like wheatAnd the rivers were rising in the

mud of bloodfor a heaving for a linen cloudof a butterfly shaking the feather

of a swanfor an empty shirt for a Helen

Peace in Olympic Games in ancient period

The Olympic Truce is the cessation of hostile actions between Ancient Greek Cities for a period of time during which they participated in the Ancient Olympic Games In recent decades there have been efforts to make this truce a global institution The idea of the Olympic Truce is connected to the Olympic Games in ancient times From the seventh day before the start of the Olympic Games until the seventh day after all wars were stopped so that all athletes released from military obligations could travel in order to join in the Games The International Olympic Committee has recently proceeded to establish the International Olympic Truce Foundation which is always in collaboration with the Greek governments

Olympic games in ancient period

Ancient Olympia a place where value of peace was born

This work was based on information which has been gathered by students from their books such as ldquoDramatic poetry Eyripidesrsquo Helenrdquo ldquoAncient Greek languagerdquo and from the internet

Peace through ancient drama Euripides (485-406BC) was a tragic

poet and one of the three Grand Masters of the Attic drama in ancient Greek theater

One of the most famous Euripidesrsquo tragedies is ldquoHelenrdquordquo It was written in 412 BC and it was presented on the aftermath of the defeat of the Athenians during the Sicilian campaign which was a heavy blow to their military and their economy

Through this drama he doomed the war as the cause of everything bad

Euripides

The story of Tragedy ldquoHelenrdquo Menelaus after the fall of Troy sailed

to Egypt where he met Helen and learned with amazement that in Troy Helen was nothing but an illusion a shadow maifested by the goddess Ira to avenge the Trojans The real Helen was hidden in Egypt throughout the entire Trojan campaign The devastating war of Troy was based on nothing but a lie The king of Egypt Theoclymenus wants to marry Helen but she manages to escape secretly with Menelaus The project is characterized as anti-war drama because Euripides demonstrates that the war of Troy was based on a lie So why are people fighting

Beautiful Helen the cause of the Trojan war

Phrases with anti- war message through tragedy ldquoHelenrdquo

Ανέμυαλοι όσοι αποζητούν τη δόξα με λόγχες και με δυνατά στον πόλεμο κοντάριαlsquo

ldquoBrainless those who seek glory in arms and heavy spears of warhelliprdquo

Phrases with anti- war message through tragedy ldquoHelenrdquo

laquo hellipαν το δίκιο σου ζητάς με το αίμα

η αμάχη δε θα λείψει από τον κόσμογι αυτήν οι Πριαμίδες πήγαν κάτω στη γης ενώ μπορούσαν μονάχα με τα λόγια Ελένητέλος να δώσουνε στην έχθραraquoldquohellipif you ask for your right with blood the hostility will not miss from the worldso that the Priamides were buried under their lands

while with words Helen they could cease these enmities

A contemporary poet Georgios Seferis who awarded with the Nobel prize of literature inspired this poem from Euripidesrsquo tragedy ldquoHelenrdquo

ΓΙΑ ΕΝΑ ΠΟΥΚΑΜΙΣΟ ΑΔΕΙΑΝΟΚαι στην ΤροίαΤίποτε στην Τροία ndash ένα είδωλοΈτσι το θέλαν οι θεοίΚι ο Πάρης μ έναν ίσκιο πλάγιαζε σαν

να ήταν πλάσμα ατόφιοκι εμείς σφαζόμασταν για την Ελένη

δέκα χρόνιαΜεγάλος πόνος είχε πέσει στην

ΕλλάδαΤόσα κορμιά ριγμέναστα σαγόνια της θάλασσας στα

σαγόνια της γηςτόσες ψυχέςδοσμένες στις μυλόπετρες σαν το

σιτάριΚι οι ποταμοί φούσκωναν μες τη

λάσπη το αίμαγια ένα λινό κυμάτισμα για μια νεφέλημιας πεταλούδας τίναγμα το πούπουλο

ενός κύκνουγια ένα πουκάμισο αδειανό για μιαν

Ελένη

And in TroyNothing in Troy ndash just an imageSo the gods decidedAnd Paris with a shadow creature

lay as if it were realand we were fighting for Helen for

ten yearsInsufferable pain had fallen in

GreeceSo many bodies were thrownIn the jaws of the sea in Earthrsquosso many soulsgiven to millstones like wheatAnd the rivers were rising in the

mud of bloodfor a heaving for a linen cloudof a butterfly shaking the feather

of a swanfor an empty shirt for a Helen

Peace in Olympic Games in ancient period

The Olympic Truce is the cessation of hostile actions between Ancient Greek Cities for a period of time during which they participated in the Ancient Olympic Games In recent decades there have been efforts to make this truce a global institution The idea of the Olympic Truce is connected to the Olympic Games in ancient times From the seventh day before the start of the Olympic Games until the seventh day after all wars were stopped so that all athletes released from military obligations could travel in order to join in the Games The International Olympic Committee has recently proceeded to establish the International Olympic Truce Foundation which is always in collaboration with the Greek governments

Olympic games in ancient period

Ancient Olympia a place where value of peace was born

This work was based on information which has been gathered by students from their books such as ldquoDramatic poetry Eyripidesrsquo Helenrdquo ldquoAncient Greek languagerdquo and from the internet

Euripides

The story of Tragedy ldquoHelenrdquo Menelaus after the fall of Troy sailed

to Egypt where he met Helen and learned with amazement that in Troy Helen was nothing but an illusion a shadow maifested by the goddess Ira to avenge the Trojans The real Helen was hidden in Egypt throughout the entire Trojan campaign The devastating war of Troy was based on nothing but a lie The king of Egypt Theoclymenus wants to marry Helen but she manages to escape secretly with Menelaus The project is characterized as anti-war drama because Euripides demonstrates that the war of Troy was based on a lie So why are people fighting

Beautiful Helen the cause of the Trojan war

Phrases with anti- war message through tragedy ldquoHelenrdquo

Ανέμυαλοι όσοι αποζητούν τη δόξα με λόγχες και με δυνατά στον πόλεμο κοντάριαlsquo

ldquoBrainless those who seek glory in arms and heavy spears of warhelliprdquo

Phrases with anti- war message through tragedy ldquoHelenrdquo

laquo hellipαν το δίκιο σου ζητάς με το αίμα

η αμάχη δε θα λείψει από τον κόσμογι αυτήν οι Πριαμίδες πήγαν κάτω στη γης ενώ μπορούσαν μονάχα με τα λόγια Ελένητέλος να δώσουνε στην έχθραraquoldquohellipif you ask for your right with blood the hostility will not miss from the worldso that the Priamides were buried under their lands

while with words Helen they could cease these enmities

A contemporary poet Georgios Seferis who awarded with the Nobel prize of literature inspired this poem from Euripidesrsquo tragedy ldquoHelenrdquo

ΓΙΑ ΕΝΑ ΠΟΥΚΑΜΙΣΟ ΑΔΕΙΑΝΟΚαι στην ΤροίαΤίποτε στην Τροία ndash ένα είδωλοΈτσι το θέλαν οι θεοίΚι ο Πάρης μ έναν ίσκιο πλάγιαζε σαν

να ήταν πλάσμα ατόφιοκι εμείς σφαζόμασταν για την Ελένη

δέκα χρόνιαΜεγάλος πόνος είχε πέσει στην

ΕλλάδαΤόσα κορμιά ριγμέναστα σαγόνια της θάλασσας στα

σαγόνια της γηςτόσες ψυχέςδοσμένες στις μυλόπετρες σαν το

σιτάριΚι οι ποταμοί φούσκωναν μες τη

λάσπη το αίμαγια ένα λινό κυμάτισμα για μια νεφέλημιας πεταλούδας τίναγμα το πούπουλο

ενός κύκνουγια ένα πουκάμισο αδειανό για μιαν

Ελένη

And in TroyNothing in Troy ndash just an imageSo the gods decidedAnd Paris with a shadow creature

lay as if it were realand we were fighting for Helen for

ten yearsInsufferable pain had fallen in

GreeceSo many bodies were thrownIn the jaws of the sea in Earthrsquosso many soulsgiven to millstones like wheatAnd the rivers were rising in the

mud of bloodfor a heaving for a linen cloudof a butterfly shaking the feather

of a swanfor an empty shirt for a Helen

Peace in Olympic Games in ancient period

The Olympic Truce is the cessation of hostile actions between Ancient Greek Cities for a period of time during which they participated in the Ancient Olympic Games In recent decades there have been efforts to make this truce a global institution The idea of the Olympic Truce is connected to the Olympic Games in ancient times From the seventh day before the start of the Olympic Games until the seventh day after all wars were stopped so that all athletes released from military obligations could travel in order to join in the Games The International Olympic Committee has recently proceeded to establish the International Olympic Truce Foundation which is always in collaboration with the Greek governments

Olympic games in ancient period

Ancient Olympia a place where value of peace was born

This work was based on information which has been gathered by students from their books such as ldquoDramatic poetry Eyripidesrsquo Helenrdquo ldquoAncient Greek languagerdquo and from the internet

The story of Tragedy ldquoHelenrdquo Menelaus after the fall of Troy sailed

to Egypt where he met Helen and learned with amazement that in Troy Helen was nothing but an illusion a shadow maifested by the goddess Ira to avenge the Trojans The real Helen was hidden in Egypt throughout the entire Trojan campaign The devastating war of Troy was based on nothing but a lie The king of Egypt Theoclymenus wants to marry Helen but she manages to escape secretly with Menelaus The project is characterized as anti-war drama because Euripides demonstrates that the war of Troy was based on a lie So why are people fighting

Beautiful Helen the cause of the Trojan war

Phrases with anti- war message through tragedy ldquoHelenrdquo

Ανέμυαλοι όσοι αποζητούν τη δόξα με λόγχες και με δυνατά στον πόλεμο κοντάριαlsquo

ldquoBrainless those who seek glory in arms and heavy spears of warhelliprdquo

Phrases with anti- war message through tragedy ldquoHelenrdquo

laquo hellipαν το δίκιο σου ζητάς με το αίμα

η αμάχη δε θα λείψει από τον κόσμογι αυτήν οι Πριαμίδες πήγαν κάτω στη γης ενώ μπορούσαν μονάχα με τα λόγια Ελένητέλος να δώσουνε στην έχθραraquoldquohellipif you ask for your right with blood the hostility will not miss from the worldso that the Priamides were buried under their lands

while with words Helen they could cease these enmities

A contemporary poet Georgios Seferis who awarded with the Nobel prize of literature inspired this poem from Euripidesrsquo tragedy ldquoHelenrdquo

ΓΙΑ ΕΝΑ ΠΟΥΚΑΜΙΣΟ ΑΔΕΙΑΝΟΚαι στην ΤροίαΤίποτε στην Τροία ndash ένα είδωλοΈτσι το θέλαν οι θεοίΚι ο Πάρης μ έναν ίσκιο πλάγιαζε σαν

να ήταν πλάσμα ατόφιοκι εμείς σφαζόμασταν για την Ελένη

δέκα χρόνιαΜεγάλος πόνος είχε πέσει στην

ΕλλάδαΤόσα κορμιά ριγμέναστα σαγόνια της θάλασσας στα

σαγόνια της γηςτόσες ψυχέςδοσμένες στις μυλόπετρες σαν το

σιτάριΚι οι ποταμοί φούσκωναν μες τη

λάσπη το αίμαγια ένα λινό κυμάτισμα για μια νεφέλημιας πεταλούδας τίναγμα το πούπουλο

ενός κύκνουγια ένα πουκάμισο αδειανό για μιαν

Ελένη

And in TroyNothing in Troy ndash just an imageSo the gods decidedAnd Paris with a shadow creature

lay as if it were realand we were fighting for Helen for

ten yearsInsufferable pain had fallen in

GreeceSo many bodies were thrownIn the jaws of the sea in Earthrsquosso many soulsgiven to millstones like wheatAnd the rivers were rising in the

mud of bloodfor a heaving for a linen cloudof a butterfly shaking the feather

of a swanfor an empty shirt for a Helen

Peace in Olympic Games in ancient period

The Olympic Truce is the cessation of hostile actions between Ancient Greek Cities for a period of time during which they participated in the Ancient Olympic Games In recent decades there have been efforts to make this truce a global institution The idea of the Olympic Truce is connected to the Olympic Games in ancient times From the seventh day before the start of the Olympic Games until the seventh day after all wars were stopped so that all athletes released from military obligations could travel in order to join in the Games The International Olympic Committee has recently proceeded to establish the International Olympic Truce Foundation which is always in collaboration with the Greek governments

Olympic games in ancient period

Ancient Olympia a place where value of peace was born

This work was based on information which has been gathered by students from their books such as ldquoDramatic poetry Eyripidesrsquo Helenrdquo ldquoAncient Greek languagerdquo and from the internet

Beautiful Helen the cause of the Trojan war

Phrases with anti- war message through tragedy ldquoHelenrdquo

Ανέμυαλοι όσοι αποζητούν τη δόξα με λόγχες και με δυνατά στον πόλεμο κοντάριαlsquo

ldquoBrainless those who seek glory in arms and heavy spears of warhelliprdquo

Phrases with anti- war message through tragedy ldquoHelenrdquo

laquo hellipαν το δίκιο σου ζητάς με το αίμα

η αμάχη δε θα λείψει από τον κόσμογι αυτήν οι Πριαμίδες πήγαν κάτω στη γης ενώ μπορούσαν μονάχα με τα λόγια Ελένητέλος να δώσουνε στην έχθραraquoldquohellipif you ask for your right with blood the hostility will not miss from the worldso that the Priamides were buried under their lands

while with words Helen they could cease these enmities

A contemporary poet Georgios Seferis who awarded with the Nobel prize of literature inspired this poem from Euripidesrsquo tragedy ldquoHelenrdquo

ΓΙΑ ΕΝΑ ΠΟΥΚΑΜΙΣΟ ΑΔΕΙΑΝΟΚαι στην ΤροίαΤίποτε στην Τροία ndash ένα είδωλοΈτσι το θέλαν οι θεοίΚι ο Πάρης μ έναν ίσκιο πλάγιαζε σαν

να ήταν πλάσμα ατόφιοκι εμείς σφαζόμασταν για την Ελένη

δέκα χρόνιαΜεγάλος πόνος είχε πέσει στην

ΕλλάδαΤόσα κορμιά ριγμέναστα σαγόνια της θάλασσας στα

σαγόνια της γηςτόσες ψυχέςδοσμένες στις μυλόπετρες σαν το

σιτάριΚι οι ποταμοί φούσκωναν μες τη

λάσπη το αίμαγια ένα λινό κυμάτισμα για μια νεφέλημιας πεταλούδας τίναγμα το πούπουλο

ενός κύκνουγια ένα πουκάμισο αδειανό για μιαν

Ελένη

And in TroyNothing in Troy ndash just an imageSo the gods decidedAnd Paris with a shadow creature

lay as if it were realand we were fighting for Helen for

ten yearsInsufferable pain had fallen in

GreeceSo many bodies were thrownIn the jaws of the sea in Earthrsquosso many soulsgiven to millstones like wheatAnd the rivers were rising in the

mud of bloodfor a heaving for a linen cloudof a butterfly shaking the feather

of a swanfor an empty shirt for a Helen

Peace in Olympic Games in ancient period

The Olympic Truce is the cessation of hostile actions between Ancient Greek Cities for a period of time during which they participated in the Ancient Olympic Games In recent decades there have been efforts to make this truce a global institution The idea of the Olympic Truce is connected to the Olympic Games in ancient times From the seventh day before the start of the Olympic Games until the seventh day after all wars were stopped so that all athletes released from military obligations could travel in order to join in the Games The International Olympic Committee has recently proceeded to establish the International Olympic Truce Foundation which is always in collaboration with the Greek governments

Olympic games in ancient period

Ancient Olympia a place where value of peace was born

This work was based on information which has been gathered by students from their books such as ldquoDramatic poetry Eyripidesrsquo Helenrdquo ldquoAncient Greek languagerdquo and from the internet

Phrases with anti- war message through tragedy ldquoHelenrdquo

Ανέμυαλοι όσοι αποζητούν τη δόξα με λόγχες και με δυνατά στον πόλεμο κοντάριαlsquo

ldquoBrainless those who seek glory in arms and heavy spears of warhelliprdquo

Phrases with anti- war message through tragedy ldquoHelenrdquo

laquo hellipαν το δίκιο σου ζητάς με το αίμα

η αμάχη δε θα λείψει από τον κόσμογι αυτήν οι Πριαμίδες πήγαν κάτω στη γης ενώ μπορούσαν μονάχα με τα λόγια Ελένητέλος να δώσουνε στην έχθραraquoldquohellipif you ask for your right with blood the hostility will not miss from the worldso that the Priamides were buried under their lands

while with words Helen they could cease these enmities

A contemporary poet Georgios Seferis who awarded with the Nobel prize of literature inspired this poem from Euripidesrsquo tragedy ldquoHelenrdquo

ΓΙΑ ΕΝΑ ΠΟΥΚΑΜΙΣΟ ΑΔΕΙΑΝΟΚαι στην ΤροίαΤίποτε στην Τροία ndash ένα είδωλοΈτσι το θέλαν οι θεοίΚι ο Πάρης μ έναν ίσκιο πλάγιαζε σαν

να ήταν πλάσμα ατόφιοκι εμείς σφαζόμασταν για την Ελένη

δέκα χρόνιαΜεγάλος πόνος είχε πέσει στην

ΕλλάδαΤόσα κορμιά ριγμέναστα σαγόνια της θάλασσας στα

σαγόνια της γηςτόσες ψυχέςδοσμένες στις μυλόπετρες σαν το

σιτάριΚι οι ποταμοί φούσκωναν μες τη

λάσπη το αίμαγια ένα λινό κυμάτισμα για μια νεφέλημιας πεταλούδας τίναγμα το πούπουλο

ενός κύκνουγια ένα πουκάμισο αδειανό για μιαν

Ελένη

And in TroyNothing in Troy ndash just an imageSo the gods decidedAnd Paris with a shadow creature

lay as if it were realand we were fighting for Helen for

ten yearsInsufferable pain had fallen in

GreeceSo many bodies were thrownIn the jaws of the sea in Earthrsquosso many soulsgiven to millstones like wheatAnd the rivers were rising in the

mud of bloodfor a heaving for a linen cloudof a butterfly shaking the feather

of a swanfor an empty shirt for a Helen

Peace in Olympic Games in ancient period

The Olympic Truce is the cessation of hostile actions between Ancient Greek Cities for a period of time during which they participated in the Ancient Olympic Games In recent decades there have been efforts to make this truce a global institution The idea of the Olympic Truce is connected to the Olympic Games in ancient times From the seventh day before the start of the Olympic Games until the seventh day after all wars were stopped so that all athletes released from military obligations could travel in order to join in the Games The International Olympic Committee has recently proceeded to establish the International Olympic Truce Foundation which is always in collaboration with the Greek governments

Olympic games in ancient period

Ancient Olympia a place where value of peace was born

This work was based on information which has been gathered by students from their books such as ldquoDramatic poetry Eyripidesrsquo Helenrdquo ldquoAncient Greek languagerdquo and from the internet

Phrases with anti- war message through tragedy ldquoHelenrdquo

laquo hellipαν το δίκιο σου ζητάς με το αίμα

η αμάχη δε θα λείψει από τον κόσμογι αυτήν οι Πριαμίδες πήγαν κάτω στη γης ενώ μπορούσαν μονάχα με τα λόγια Ελένητέλος να δώσουνε στην έχθραraquoldquohellipif you ask for your right with blood the hostility will not miss from the worldso that the Priamides were buried under their lands

while with words Helen they could cease these enmities

A contemporary poet Georgios Seferis who awarded with the Nobel prize of literature inspired this poem from Euripidesrsquo tragedy ldquoHelenrdquo

ΓΙΑ ΕΝΑ ΠΟΥΚΑΜΙΣΟ ΑΔΕΙΑΝΟΚαι στην ΤροίαΤίποτε στην Τροία ndash ένα είδωλοΈτσι το θέλαν οι θεοίΚι ο Πάρης μ έναν ίσκιο πλάγιαζε σαν

να ήταν πλάσμα ατόφιοκι εμείς σφαζόμασταν για την Ελένη

δέκα χρόνιαΜεγάλος πόνος είχε πέσει στην

ΕλλάδαΤόσα κορμιά ριγμέναστα σαγόνια της θάλασσας στα

σαγόνια της γηςτόσες ψυχέςδοσμένες στις μυλόπετρες σαν το

σιτάριΚι οι ποταμοί φούσκωναν μες τη

λάσπη το αίμαγια ένα λινό κυμάτισμα για μια νεφέλημιας πεταλούδας τίναγμα το πούπουλο

ενός κύκνουγια ένα πουκάμισο αδειανό για μιαν

Ελένη

And in TroyNothing in Troy ndash just an imageSo the gods decidedAnd Paris with a shadow creature

lay as if it were realand we were fighting for Helen for

ten yearsInsufferable pain had fallen in

GreeceSo many bodies were thrownIn the jaws of the sea in Earthrsquosso many soulsgiven to millstones like wheatAnd the rivers were rising in the

mud of bloodfor a heaving for a linen cloudof a butterfly shaking the feather

of a swanfor an empty shirt for a Helen

Peace in Olympic Games in ancient period

The Olympic Truce is the cessation of hostile actions between Ancient Greek Cities for a period of time during which they participated in the Ancient Olympic Games In recent decades there have been efforts to make this truce a global institution The idea of the Olympic Truce is connected to the Olympic Games in ancient times From the seventh day before the start of the Olympic Games until the seventh day after all wars were stopped so that all athletes released from military obligations could travel in order to join in the Games The International Olympic Committee has recently proceeded to establish the International Olympic Truce Foundation which is always in collaboration with the Greek governments

Olympic games in ancient period

Ancient Olympia a place where value of peace was born

This work was based on information which has been gathered by students from their books such as ldquoDramatic poetry Eyripidesrsquo Helenrdquo ldquoAncient Greek languagerdquo and from the internet

A contemporary poet Georgios Seferis who awarded with the Nobel prize of literature inspired this poem from Euripidesrsquo tragedy ldquoHelenrdquo

ΓΙΑ ΕΝΑ ΠΟΥΚΑΜΙΣΟ ΑΔΕΙΑΝΟΚαι στην ΤροίαΤίποτε στην Τροία ndash ένα είδωλοΈτσι το θέλαν οι θεοίΚι ο Πάρης μ έναν ίσκιο πλάγιαζε σαν

να ήταν πλάσμα ατόφιοκι εμείς σφαζόμασταν για την Ελένη

δέκα χρόνιαΜεγάλος πόνος είχε πέσει στην

ΕλλάδαΤόσα κορμιά ριγμέναστα σαγόνια της θάλασσας στα

σαγόνια της γηςτόσες ψυχέςδοσμένες στις μυλόπετρες σαν το

σιτάριΚι οι ποταμοί φούσκωναν μες τη

λάσπη το αίμαγια ένα λινό κυμάτισμα για μια νεφέλημιας πεταλούδας τίναγμα το πούπουλο

ενός κύκνουγια ένα πουκάμισο αδειανό για μιαν

Ελένη

And in TroyNothing in Troy ndash just an imageSo the gods decidedAnd Paris with a shadow creature

lay as if it were realand we were fighting for Helen for

ten yearsInsufferable pain had fallen in

GreeceSo many bodies were thrownIn the jaws of the sea in Earthrsquosso many soulsgiven to millstones like wheatAnd the rivers were rising in the

mud of bloodfor a heaving for a linen cloudof a butterfly shaking the feather

of a swanfor an empty shirt for a Helen

Peace in Olympic Games in ancient period

The Olympic Truce is the cessation of hostile actions between Ancient Greek Cities for a period of time during which they participated in the Ancient Olympic Games In recent decades there have been efforts to make this truce a global institution The idea of the Olympic Truce is connected to the Olympic Games in ancient times From the seventh day before the start of the Olympic Games until the seventh day after all wars were stopped so that all athletes released from military obligations could travel in order to join in the Games The International Olympic Committee has recently proceeded to establish the International Olympic Truce Foundation which is always in collaboration with the Greek governments

Olympic games in ancient period

Ancient Olympia a place where value of peace was born

This work was based on information which has been gathered by students from their books such as ldquoDramatic poetry Eyripidesrsquo Helenrdquo ldquoAncient Greek languagerdquo and from the internet

Peace in Olympic Games in ancient period

The Olympic Truce is the cessation of hostile actions between Ancient Greek Cities for a period of time during which they participated in the Ancient Olympic Games In recent decades there have been efforts to make this truce a global institution The idea of the Olympic Truce is connected to the Olympic Games in ancient times From the seventh day before the start of the Olympic Games until the seventh day after all wars were stopped so that all athletes released from military obligations could travel in order to join in the Games The International Olympic Committee has recently proceeded to establish the International Olympic Truce Foundation which is always in collaboration with the Greek governments

Olympic games in ancient period

Ancient Olympia a place where value of peace was born

This work was based on information which has been gathered by students from their books such as ldquoDramatic poetry Eyripidesrsquo Helenrdquo ldquoAncient Greek languagerdquo and from the internet

Olympic games in ancient period

Ancient Olympia a place where value of peace was born

This work was based on information which has been gathered by students from their books such as ldquoDramatic poetry Eyripidesrsquo Helenrdquo ldquoAncient Greek languagerdquo and from the internet

Ancient Olympia a place where value of peace was born

This work was based on information which has been gathered by students from their books such as ldquoDramatic poetry Eyripidesrsquo Helenrdquo ldquoAncient Greek languagerdquo and from the internet

This work was based on information which has been gathered by students from their books such as ldquoDramatic poetry Eyripidesrsquo Helenrdquo ldquoAncient Greek languagerdquo and from the internet