Aristophanes
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born
January 01, 446
died
January 01, 386
gender
male
place of birth
Athens, Greece
genre
Literature & Fiction
about this author
Of all the writers of "Old Comedy", only one remains. Lost forever are the works of Chionides, Magnes, Ecphantides, Cratinus, Crates, and Eupolis. All the extant comedies of the fifth century B.C. belong to one man--Aristophanes. On his shoulders alone rests the reputation of an entire age of comedy. Fortunately, by most accounts Aristophanes was the greatest comic writer of his day.
By the time Aristophanes began to write his comedies, democracy had already begun to sour for the Athenians. The people were increasingly demoralized by the ongoing conflicts of the Peloponnesian War and the loss of their greatest hero, Pericles, had been taken from them and replaced by unscrupulous politicians such as Cleon and Hyperbolus....more
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Lysistrata by Aristophanes, Sarah Ruden avg rating 3.80 — 1,245 ratings — published 1969 50 editions |
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Four Plays by Aristophanes: The Clouds/The Birds/Lysistrata/The Frogs by Aristophanes avg rating 3.95 — 399 ratings — published 1983 2 editions |
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Lysistrata and Other Plays by Aristophanes avg rating 3.86 — 302 ratings — published 2003 |
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Clouds by Aristophanes, Kenneth James Dover avg rating 3.69 — 166 ratings — published 423 27 editions |
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The Frogs by Aristophanes avg rating 3.67 — 100 ratings — published 405 19 editions |
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The Birds and Other Plays by Aristophanes avg rating 4.09 — 56 ratings — published 1999 2 editions |
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The Complete Plays of Aristophanes by Aristophanes avg rating 3.70 — 57 ratings — published 388 17 editions |
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The Acharnians/The Clouds/Lysistrata by Aristophanes, Alan H. Sommerstein avg rating 3.84 — 49 ratings — published 411 3 editions |
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Birds by Aristophanes avg rating 3.85 — 46 ratings — published 414 24 editions |
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Frogs and Other Plays by Aristophanes avg rating 4.20 — 41 ratings — published 2007 |
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"Youth ages, immaturity is outgrown, ignorance can be educated, and drunkenness sobered, but stupid lasts forever."
— Aristophanes
— Aristophanes
"Quickly, bring me a beaker of wine, so that I may wet my mind and say something clever."
— Aristophanes
— Aristophanes

























