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. 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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