Aristophanes

[ar-uh-stof-uh-neez]

noun

1. 448?–385? b.c., Athenian comic dramatist.

Aristophanes

/ ˌærɪˈstɒfəˌniːz /

noun

1. ?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

Aristophanes

1. An ancient Greek dramatist, the author of such comedies as The Clouds and Lysistrata.

Other Word Forms

• Aristophanic adjective