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

• Aristophanic
  adjective

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Aristophanes

Aristophanes of Byzantium is known, therefore, as the father of punctuation.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026

“Playwrights like Aristophanes were there to make fun of the rulers but also to make our hearts bleed about the tragedy of humankind,” Ms. Evangelatos said.

From New York Times ● Oct. 6, 2022

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

From Textbooks ● Jun. 15, 2022

These included dots that Aristophanes suggested be inserted in manuscripts to denote a pause.

From Washington Post ● Feb. 13, 2022

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

From "Circumference" by Nicholas Nicastro