Aristophanes

American  

[ar-uh-stof-uh-neez] / ˌær əˈstɒf əˌniz /

noun

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

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Aristophanes British  

/ 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

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Aristophanes Cultural  

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

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Other Word Forms

Derived Forms

• Aristophanic
  adjective

Example Sentences

Aristophanes, an accomplished Athenian playwright, won several dramatic competitions of his day.

From Textbooks • Jun. 15, 2022

“The Hang” certainly gets its digs at Aristophanes.

From New York Times • Jan. 20, 2022

The show, based on the Aristophanes comedy, originally had been done 20 years earlier in the Yale University swimming pool.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 26, 2021

I don’t know if a revival of “Hamilton” 2,000 years from now is going to resonate with people, whereas Aristophanes still does.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 16, 2021

In his play The Frogs, the conservative Aristophanes makes repeated sneering references to Euripides’ partiality for books.

From "Circumference" by Nicholas Nicastro