Aristophanes

[ ar-uh-stof-uh-neez ]

noun

1. 448?–385? b.c., Athenian comic dramatist.

Aristophanes

/ ˌærɪˈstɒfəˌniːz /

noun

1. Aristophanes?448 bc?380 bcMGreekTHEATRE: dramatist ?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

Aristophanes

1. An ancient Greek dramatist, the author of such comedies as The Clouds and Lysistrata.

Other Words From

• A·ris·to·phan·ic [uh, -ris-t, uh, -, fan, -ik], adjective

Example Sentences

“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

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

From Washington Post

“The Hang” certainly gets its digs at Aristophanes.

From New York Times

Instead he decided his future lay as a serious stage actor and he was offered a leading role in a production of Aristophanes' comedy Lysistrata in 1946.

From BBC

The show, based on the Aristophanes comedy, originally had been done 20 years earlier in the Yale University swimming pool.

From Seattle Times