 Dionysos, god of the life force, uses a vine stake as a weapon to wound the soldier Lamachus for neglecting him in favor of Polemos, but overall Aristophanes seem to be advocating a balance between Dionysos and Polemos, since the interests of the polis are served at times by peace and other times by war.Polemos even makes a brief speaking appearance at the end of the prologue to Aristophanes' "Peace".With Tumult "(Kudoimos)" as his henchman, he has buried Peace under stones in a cave.