Aristophanes

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Aristophanes was an ancient Greek comic playwright best known for his sharp political satire and surviving works such as "Lysistrata" and "The Clouds."

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Athenian
ancient Greek comic playwright
comic poet
dramatist
approximateDateOfBirth c. 446 BCE
approximateDateOfDeath c. 386 BCE
birthPlace Athens
countryOfCitizenship Classical Athens
culture Ancient Greek culture
ethnicGroup Greek
floruit 4th century BCE
5th century BCE
genre Old Comedy
hasWorkInGenre political comedy
satire
influenced Menander
Roman comic playwrights
Western comedy
knownFor comic choruses
political satire
social satire
languageOfWorkOrName Ancient Greek
movement Old Comedy
notableWork Ecclesiazusae
Lysistrata
Peace
Plutus
The Acharnians
The Birds
Aristophanes' play Clouds
surface form: The Clouds

The Frogs
The Wasps (suite)
surface form: The Wasps

Thesmophoria
surface form: Thesmophoriazusae
numberOfSurvivingPlays 11
occupation playwright
poet
participantIn Dionysia
Lenaia
placeOfDeath probably Athens
portrayed Socrates' Thinkery
surface form: Socrates in The Clouds
styleCharacteristic choral parabasis
direct address to audience
fantastical plots
obscene humor
workSubject Athenian democracy
Peloponnesian War
Sophists
philosophers such as Socrates

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Classical Athens notablePlaywright Aristophanes
Plato's Symposium featuresCharacter Aristophanes
Plato's Symposium includesSpeechBy Aristophanes
Aristophanes' play Clouds author Aristophanes
subject surface form: Clouds
Ancient Greek notableWork Aristophanes
this entity surface form: comedies of Aristophanes
Euripides contemporaryOf Aristophanes
Euripides subjectOf Aristophanes
this entity surface form: Aristophanes’ comedies
Classical period hasMajorFigure Aristophanes
Pausanias associatedWith Aristophanes
Agathon dialoguePartner Aristophanes
Eryximachus dialogueCompanions Aristophanes
Aristodemus reportsSpeechesOf Aristophanes
Pheidippides creator Aristophanes
Cleon describedBySource Aristophanes
Strepsiades createdBy Aristophanes
Socrates' Thinkery creator Aristophanes
Chi-Raq basedOnAuthor Aristophanes
The Wasps (suite) basedOnWorkAuthor Aristophanes
Old Comedy majorRepresentative Aristophanes
Lysistrata author Aristophanes
The Birds author Aristophanes
The Frogs author Aristophanes
Peace author Aristophanes
Ecclesiazusae author Aristophanes
Plutus author Aristophanes
The Acharnians author Aristophanes
polis of Athens notableCitizen Aristophanes
Athenians notableDramatists Aristophanes
house of Agathon in Athens hostedCharacter Aristophanes
subject surface form: House of Agathon in Athens
Eirene (Greek goddess of peace) mentionedBy Aristophanes
subject surface form: Eirene
Symposium (Plato) featuresCharacter Aristophanes
Symposium (Plato) containsSpeechBy Aristophanes
the Thinkery creator Aristophanes
Attic Old Comedy majorPlaywright Aristophanes
Clouds (play) author Aristophanes
φροντιστήριον (phrontistērion) creator Aristophanes
subject surface form: φροντιστήριον
Athenian politician and general Cleon criticizedBy Aristophanes
subject surface form: Cleon