In this play, two slaves wearing masks identifying them as generals steal a set of oracles that describe successive leaders of Athens as a rope peddler, a sheep peddler, and a hide peddler, who is toppled in turn by the sausage peddler Agoracritus.
Near the beginning of this play, one character complains that a meal he prepared at Pylos was stolen by the antagonist. That crime is brought up repeatedly in this play, and is a reference to the battle of Sphacteria. In an anapestic sequence, this play's chorus reviews the fall from popularity of the authors Magnes and Cratinus. The protagonist boils another character back to youth during this play's second parabasis. In this play, two slaves wearing masks identifying them as generals steal a set of oracles that describe successive leaders of Athens as a rope peddler, a sheep peddler, and a hide peddler, who is toppled in turn by the sausage peddler Agoracritus. This comedy roundly abuses the politician Cleon. For 10 points, name this comedy by Aristophanes whose chorus consists of members of the Athenian cavalry.
Near the beginning of this play, one character complains that a meal he prepared at Pylos was stolen by the antagonist.
The Knights [or Hippeis]