After the main character tries to build a ladder to heaven, Zeus and Hermes decide to teach the Greeks a lesson for their warlike tendencies.
Bested only by Eupolis' The Flatterers, this play won second prize at the Great Dionysia of 421 BCE. The three settings of the drama include a farm, a cave sealed with a great boulder, and Zeus' palace. After the main character tries to build a ladder to heaven, Zeus and Hermes decide to teach the Greeks a lesson for their warlike tendencies. The plot is dedicated to removing the title character from a pit, while War rages about the countryside. FTP, identify this play in which Trygaeus rides a beetle to heaven, written by Aristophanes.
Bested only by Eupolis' The Flatterers, this play won second prize at the Great Dionysia of 421 BCE.
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