Aristophanes
[ar-uh-stof-uh-neez]
- 448?–385? b.c., Athenian comic dramatist.
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I turn to the ancient Greek comic author, Aristophanes, speaking at what must have seemed a similar time.
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And first Aristophanes drops, and then, as the day is dawning, Agathon.
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In the caricature of Aristophanes there is also a witness to the common sentiment.
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I will do as you prescribe, said Aristophanes, and now get on.
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And first of all Aristophanes dropped off, then, when the day was already dawning, Agathon.
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Here we have the old father, a heart of oak, like the old Acharnian in Aristophanes.
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Aristophanes
- ?448–?380 bc, Greek comic dramatist, who satirized leading contemporary figures such as Socrates and Euripides. Eleven of his plays are extant, including The Clouds, The Frogs, The Birds, and Lysistrata
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Aristophanes
[(ar-i-stof-uh-neez)]
An ancient Greek dramatist, the author of such comedies as The Clouds and Lysistrata.
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