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

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

Aristophanes is a reference to my previous column, where I mentioned that classics scholars still debate what certain lines in the Greek’s plays mean.

From Washington Post • Jul. 25, 2021

He follows talk about comedy from Aristophanes by saying he grew up “a chariot” ride from Greektown in Detroit.

From New York Times • Jan. 27, 2021

Maybe a future piece will add the comic playwright Aristophanes to the discussion.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 17, 2020

“You know, in ancient Greece, Aristophanes would write plays about how much of a dipshit Socrates was and perform them right there in Athens. Talk about cutthroat, right?”

From "Ask the Passengers" by A.S. King