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Aristophanes

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Athens, Greece

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Theatre, Humor and Comedy

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Aristophanes (Greek: Αριστοφάνης; c. 446 BCE – c. 386 BCE) was a playwright of ancient Athens.

About 11 of his works are known in full, and they are the only plays of the "Old Comedy" style to have survived. They are The Acharnians, The Birds, The Clouds, The Ecclesiazusae, The Frogs, The Knights, Peace, Plutus (Wealth), The Thesmophoriazusae, and The Wasps. These plays have been translated into many languages and continue to be staged or adapted for theatrical productions.

Aristophanes satirized the political and social issues of 5th-century-BC Athens, such as the ongoing Peloponnesian War, the structure of the city-state, the role of women in public life, and the influence of philosophers (notably Socrates) in shaping public opinion.

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	Lysistrata 3.85 avg rating — 41,407 ratings — published -423 — 329 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Clouds 3.65 avg rating — 9,738 ratings — published -423 — 585 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Frogs 3.79 avg rating — 7,576 ratings — published -405 — 530 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Four Plays: The Clouds/The Birds/Lysistrata/The Frogs by Aristophanes, William Arrowsmith (Translator), Richmond Lattimore (Translator) 4.06 avg rating — 6,466 ratings — published 1983 — 22 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Lysistrata and Other Plays really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 6,202 ratings — published -411 — 40 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Birds 3.85 avg rating — 4,416 ratings — published -414 — 404 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Complete Plays by Aristophanes, B.B. Rogers (Translator), R.H. Webb (Translator), Moses Hadas (Translator), Jack Lindsay (Translator) 4.20 avg rating — 2,517 ratings — published -388 — 66 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Frogs and Other Plays by Aristophanes, Shomit Dutta 4.02 avg rating — 1,661 ratings — published -422 — 28 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Birds and Other Plays by Aristophanes, David Barrett (Translator), Alan Sommerstein (Translator) 4.12 avg rating — 1,527 ratings — published -414 — 14 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Ecclesiazusae 3.69 avg rating — 1,459 ratings — published -392 — 163 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Οι κωμωδίες του Αριστοφάνη σε κόμικς (10 books)
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Aristophanes,

Αριστοφάνης,

Τάσος Αποστολίδης (διασκευή),

Γιώργος Ακοκαλίδης (Illustrator)

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Quotes by Aristophanes (?)

“Youth ages, immaturity is outgrown, ignorance can be educated, and drunkenness sobered, but stupid lasts forever.”
― Aristophanes

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“Open your mind before your mouth”
― Aristophanes

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“Quickly, bring me a beaker of wine, so that I may wet my mind and say something clever.”
― Aristophanes

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Which do you prefer to read after "The Odyssey?

The Marriage Of Cadmus and Harmony

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Historical novel by Mary Renault

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Play by Aristophanes , Euripides , or Sophocles

1 vote, 25.0%

Graphic novel Logicomix: An Epic Search for Truth

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Poetry

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Adapted epic or play

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