Aristophanes - Wikipedia
WEBAristophanes (/ ˌ ær ɪ ˈ s t ɒ f ə n iː z /; Ancient Greek: Ἀριστοφάνης, pronounced [aristopʰánɛːs]; c. 446 – c. 386 BC) was an Ancient Greek comic playwright from Athens and a poet of Old Attic Comedy. He wrote in total forty plays, of which eleven survive virtually complete today.
Aristophanes | Biography, Plays, & Facts | Britannica
WEBApr 29, 2024 · Aristophanes, the greatest representative of ancient Greek comedy and the one whose works have been preserved in greatest quantity. He is thought to have written about 40 plays in all, including Clouds, Frogs, and Women at the Thesmophoria. Learn more about his life and works in this article.
Aristophanes - World History Encyclopedia
WEBMar 13, 2013 · Aristophanes (c. 460 - c. 380 BCE) was the most famous writer of Old Comedy plays in ancient Greece and his surviving works are the only examples of that style. His innovative and sometimes rough comedy could also hide more sophisticated digs at the political elite and deal with social issues such as cultural change and the role of …
ARISTOPHANES - FATHER OF COMEDY | PLAYS & BIOGRAPHY
WEBAristophanes was a prolific and much acclaimed comic playwright of ancient Greece, sometimes referred to as the Father of Comedy. Eleven of his forty plays have come down to us virtually complete (along with up to with 1,000 brief fragments of other works), and are the only real examples we have of a genre of comic drama known as Old Comedy.
Aristophanes - Greek Mythology
WEBAristophanes. Routinely described as “the father of comedy” and “the greatest ancient comic writer,” Aristophanes was born in the early 440s, most probably in 447/6. He debuted barely out of his teenage years with The Banqueters in 427 BC (now lost), and won the first prize at both the Dionysia and the Lenaea with his following two ...
Aristophanes Biography, Works, and Quotes | SparkNotes
WEBAristophanes Biography. Aristophanes wrote his plays between 427 to 387 B.C.E. Aristophanes lived in the time of Socrates and Thucydides, a generation behind Sophocles and Euripides. Plato lived a generation after Aristophanes. Aristophanes produced at least forty plays, eleven of which have survived to modern times.
Aristophanes and his literary achievements | Britannica
WEBAristophanes, (born c. 450—died c. 388 bc ), Greek playwright. An Athenian, he began his career as a comic dramatist in 427. He wrote approximately 40 plays, of which 11 survive, including The Clouds (423), The Wasps (422), The …
Aristophanes the Ancient Greek Comedy Writer - ThoughtCo
WEBMay 30, 2019 · Aristophanes was a Greek writer of old comedy who is known for his plays about current events, including the war between Athens and Sparta.
Aristophanes - Classics - Oxford Bibliographies
WEBOct 29, 2013 · Introduction. Aristophanes was recognized in antiquity as one of the greatest poets of Old Comedy, along with Eupolis and Cratinus; of his plays, eleven survive, or about a quarter of those he wrote. No other example of the genre has come down to us, save for fragments cited in later writers or, occasionally, on papyrus.
An introduction to... Aristophanes | APGRD
WEBThe Athenian comic playwright Aristophanes lived from the middle of the fifth century to the start of the fourth century BCE. Biographical information about him is sketchy at best. We have 11 of his plays, though he wrote at least 44.
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