Aristophanes - Wikipedia Aristophanes ( ˌærɪˈstɒfəniːz ; [3] Ancient Greek: Ἀριστοφάνης [aristopʰánɛːs]; c 446 – c 386 BC) was an Ancient Greek comic playwright from Athens He wrote in total forty plays, of which eleven survive virtually complete today [4]
Aristophanes | Biography, Plays, Facts | Britannica Aristophanes, the greatest representative of ancient Greek comedy and the one whose works have been preserved in greatest quantity He is thought to have written about 40 plays in all, including Clouds, Frogs, and Women at the Thesmophoria
Aristophanes – Father of Comedy | Plays, Biography Facts Aristophanes was a prolific and much acclaimed comic playwright of ancient Greece, sometimes referred to as the Father of Comedy Eleven of his forty plays have come down to us virtually complete (along with up to with 1,000 brief fragments of other works), and are the only real examples we have of a genre of comic drama known as Old Comedy
Aristophanes - Greek Mythology Routinely described as “the father of comedy” and “the greatest ancient comic writer,” Aristophanes was born in the early 440s, most probably in 447 6
Aristophanes - New World Encyclopedia Aristophanes (Greek: Ἀριστοφάνης) (c 446 B C E – c 388 B C E ) was a Greek dramatist of the Old and Middle Comedy period He is also known as the "Father of Comedy" and the "Prince of Ancient Comedy "
An introduction to. . . Aristophanes | APGRD The Athenian comic playwright Aristophanes lived from the middle of the fifth century to the start of the fourth century BCE Biographical information about him is sketchy at best We have 11 of his plays, though he wrote at least 44
Aristophanes - Encyclopedia. com Aristophanes (c 450-after 385 B C ) was the greatest of the writers of the Old Comedy, which flourished in Athens in the 5th century B C , and the only one with any complete plays surviving