1. Aristophanes And His Comedies Biography of ancient Greek dramatist aristophanes and analysis of his poetic qualities. http://www.theatrehistory.com/ancient/aristophanes001.html

ARISTOPHANES AND HIS COMEDIES This document was originally published in The Drama: Its History, Literature and Influence on Civilization, vol. 2 . ed. Alfred Bates. London: Historical Publishing Company, 1906. pp. 7-16. Purchase Plays by Aristophanes The strongest testimony in favor of Aristophanes is that of Plato, who, in one of his epigrams, says that "the Graces chose his soul for their abode." The philosopher was a constant reader of the comedian, sending to Dionysius the elder a copy of the Clouds , from which to make himself acquainted with the Athenian republic. This was not intended merely as a description of the unbridled democratic freedom then prevailing at Athens, but as an example of the poet's thorough knowledge of the world, and of the political conditions of what was then the world's metropolis. In his Symposium , Plato makes Aristophanes deliver a discourse on love, which the latter explains in a sensual manner, but with remarkable originality. At the end of the banquet, Aristodemus, who was one of the guests, fell asleep, "and, as the nights were long, took a good rest. When he was awakened, toward daybreak, by the crowing of cocks, the others were also asleep or had gone away, and there remained awake only Aristophanes, Agathon and Socrates, who were drinking out of a large goblet that was passed around, while Socrates was discoursing to them. Aristodemus did not hear all the discourse, for he was only half awake; but he remembered Socrates insisting to the other two that the genius of comedy was the same as that of tragedy, and that the writer of the one should also be a writer of the other. To this they were compelled to assent, being sleepy, and not quite understanding what he meant. And first Aristophanes fell asleep, and then, when the day was dawning, Agathon."

2. The Internet Classics Archive | The Birds By Aristophanes Complete text of the play by aristophanes. http://classics.mit.edu/Aristophanes/birds.html

Home Browse and Comment Search ... Help The Birds By Aristophanes Commentary: Several comments have been posted about The Birds Download: A 94k text-only version is available for download The Birds By Aristophanes Written 414 B.C.E Dramatis Personae EUELPIDES PITHETAERUS TROCHILUS, Servant to Epops Epops (the Hoopoe) A BIRD A HERALD A PRIEST A POET AN ORACLE-MONGER METON, a Geometrician AN INSPECTOR A DEALER IN DECREES IRIS A PARRICIDE CINESIAS, a Dithyrambic Poet AN INFORMER PROMETHEUS POSIDON TRIBALLUS HERACLES SLAVES OF PITHETAERUS MESSENGERS CHORUS OF BIRDS Scene A wild and desolate region; only thickets, rocks, and a single tree are seen. EUELPIDES and PITHETAERUS enter, each with a bird in his hand. EUELPIDES to his jay Do you think I should walk straight for yon tree? PITHETAERUS to his crow Cursed beast, what are you croaking to me?...to retrace my steps? EUELPIDES Why, you wretch, we are wandering at random, we are exerting ourselves only to return to the same spot; we're wasting our time. PITHETAERUS To think that I should trust to this crow, which has made me cover more than a thousand furlongs!

3. Aristophanes A biography of the Greek comedy writer; includes a list of related links. http://www.theatredatabase.com/ancient/aristophanes_001.html

Home Ancient Theatre Medieval Theatre 16th Century ... Email Us ARISTOPHANES (c. 448-385 B.C.) T HE literary activity of the famous Greek comedy writer, Aristophanes, covered a period of forty years. During that time the telling satire of his pen was brought to bear alike on prominent men, political trends, and social foibles. Of the forty plays known to be genuine products of his genius eleven remain for posterity. But these easily prove that for wit, rollicking humor, invention, and skill in the use of language Aristophanes has never been surpassed. Of the poet's life we know very little. Even the place of his birth is in doubt. His family, however, evidently had some wealth for the poet's education was obviously one of the best. In politics he supported the aristocratic peace party with all the force of an impetuous nature. Classical commentators have divided the work of Aristophanes into three periods. The first period ended about 421 B.C. and included two of his lost plays as well as five of the surviving ones. For some reason Aristophanes' first three plays were brought out under the name of one of his actors. They included the two lost plays

4. Drama: Lysistrata Complete text of the play by aristophanes. http://drama.eserver.org/plays/classical/aristophanes/lysistrata.txt

@import url(http://drama.eserver.org/ploneColumns.css); @import url(http://drama.eserver.org/plone.css); @import url(http://drama.eserver.org/ploneCustom.css); Skip to content. Drama Search Sections Home Criticism Journals Links ... Plays Personal tools You are not logged in Log in You are here: Home Plays Classical Aristophanes Lysistrata Navigation Home Criticism Journals Links Plays Classical Aeschylus Aristophanes Ecclesiazusae Lysistrata Peace Plutus The Acharnians The Birds The Clouds The Frogs The Knights The Thesmophoriazusae The Wasps Sophocles Medieval Renaissance/Early Modern Seventeenth Century Eighteenth Century Nineteenth Century Modern Drama Contemporary Drama Lysistrata by Aristophanes 410 BC anonymous translator CHARACTERS IN THE PLAY LYSISTRATA CLEONICE MYRRHINE LAMPITO MAGISTRATES CINESIAS CHILD OF CINESIAS HERALD OF THE LACEDAEMONIANS ENVOYS OF THE LACEDAEMONIANS AN ATHENIAN CITIZEN CHORUS OF OLD MEN CHORUS OF WOMEN (SCENE:-At the base of the Orchestra are two buildings, the house of LYSISTRATA and the entrance to the Acropolis; a winding and narrow path leads up to the latter. Between the two buildings is the opening of the Cave of Pan. LYSISTRATA is pacing up and down in front of her house.)

5. Aristophanes (c. 448-380 B.C.) Biography of Greek playwright aristophanes, plus links to all of his surviving plays http://www.imagi-nation.com/moonstruck/clsc13.htm

Aristophanes 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 manAristophanes. 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. It is little wonder, therefore, that Aristophanes laughter is tinged, even from the beginning, with tones of apprehension and grief. Aristophanes' first two comedies

6. Aristophanes - Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia aristophanes (Ἀριστοφάνης, ca. 446 – ca. 386 BC), son of Philippus, of the deme Cydathenaus, was a prolific and much acclaimed comic playwright of ancient Athens. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aristophanes

Aristophanes From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation search For other uses, see Aristophanes (disambiguation) As imagined by a 19th century illustrator. It may be inferred from jests in the plays, however, that the real Aristophanes was prematurely bald Extant plays: The Acharnians 425 BC The Knights 424 BC ... Ecclesiazusae c. 392 BC Wealth II 388 BC Aristophanes , ca. 446 – ca. 386 BC), son of Philippus, of the deme Cydathenaus, was a prolific and much acclaimed comic playwright of ancient Athens . Eleven of his forty plays survive virtually complete. These, together with fragments of some of his other plays, provide the only real examples of a genre of comic drama known as Old Comedy , and they are in fact used to define the genre. Also known as the Father of Comedy and the Prince of Ancient Comedy Aristophanes has been said to recreate the life of ancient Athens more convincingly than any other author. His powers of ridicule were feared and acknowledged by influential contemporaries - Plato singled out Aristophanes' play The Clouds as slander contributing to the trial and execution of Socrates although other satirical playwrights had caricatured the philosopher. His second play

7. Aristophanes: Biography From Answers.com (born c. 450 — died c. 388 BC ) Greek playwright. An Athenian, he began his career as a comic dramatist in 427. He wrote approximately 40 plays, of which 11 survive http://www.answers.com/topic/aristophanes

8. Aristophanes --� Kids Encyclopedia | Online Encyclopedia | Kids Online Dictionar aristophanes (448?385? BC). Eleven of the plays of the great ancient Greek writer of comedy aristophanes survive almost in their entirety. His plays have stood the test of time http://kids.britannica.com/comptons/article-9272944/Aristophanes

9. Aristophanes: Poems An index of poems by aristophanes. http://www.poetry-archive.com/a/aristophanes.html

POEMS BY ARISTOPHANES: Chorus of Birds Chorus of the Initiated Song of the Clouds RELATED WEBSITES Aristophanes - A biography Greek comedy writer. Aristophanes - Another biography. Aristophanes (c. 448-380 B.C.) - A biography of the Greek comedy writer, plus links to purchase all of his works currently in print. Aristophanes and His Comedies - A biography of the Greek dramatist and analysis of his poetic qualities. Aristophanes: Bibliography - A list of Aristophanes' surviving works; includes a list of critical resources. Aristophanes Index - An index of articles related to the Greek dramatist. Aristophanes: Monologues - An index of monologues. The Character of Aristophanes - A brief examination of the poet's private character. The Clouds - Analysis of the play by Aristophanes. Poems by Greek Dramatists - An index of poems by the dramatists of ancient Greece.

10. � Aristophanes Sources �"; aristophanes history. 425 BC The Knights 424 BC The Clouds 423 BC The Wasps 422 BC Peace 421 BC The Birds 414 BC Lysistrata 411BC Thesmophoriazusae 411 BC The Frogs 405 BC http://www.aadet.com/article/Aristophanes

www.aadet.com Site Search: Home Popular Articles Maecenas Harry Potter ... Years Aristophanes history 425 BC The Knights 424 BC The Clouds 423 BC The Wasps 422 BC Peace 421 BC The Birds 414 BC Lysistrata 411BC Thesmophoriazusae 411 BC The Frogs 405 BC Ecclesiazusae c. 392 BC Wealth II 388 BC]] Aristophanes (, ca. 446 – ca. 386 BC), son of Philippus, of the deme Cydathenaus, Aristophanes: Lysistrata, The Acharnians, The Clouds Alan Sommerstein, Penguin Books 1973, page 9 was a prolific and much acclaimed comic playwright of ancient Athens . Eleven of his forty plays survive virtually complete. These, together with fragments of some of his other plays, provide the only real examples of a genre of comic drama known as Old Comedy, and they are in fact used to define the genre. Aristophanes: Clouds K.J.Dover (ed), Oxford University Press 1970, Intro. page X. Also known as the Father of Comedy Aristophanes in Performance 421 BC-AD 2007:Peace, Birds and Frogs Edith Hall and Amanda Wrigley, Legenda (Oxford) 2007, page 1 and the Prince of Ancient Comedy Aristophanes has been said to recreate the life of ancient Athens more convincingly than any other author.

11. Aristophanes: Monologues An index of monologues by the Greek dramatist aristophanes. http://www.monologuearchive.com/a/aristophanes.html

MONOLOGUES BY ARISTOPHANES: The Clouds - comic monologue for a man. - comic monologue for a woman. The Knights - comic monologue for a man. Lysistrata - comic monologue for a woman. - comic monologue for a woman. The Wasps - comic monologue for a man. RELATED LINKS: Aristophanes - A biography. Aristophanes - A biography. Aristophanes - A biography. Aristophanes - A biography. Aristophanes Index - An index of articles. Aristophanes: Poems - An index of poems. The Knights - Analysis of the play by Aristophanes. Purchase books by Aristophanes Search eBay! or Abebooks for more books by Aristophanes. MONOLOGUE INDEX Comic Monologues for Men Comic Monologues for Women Dramatic Monologues for Men Dramatic Monologues for Women ... Monologues for Children BROWSE MONOLOGUES BY PLAYWRIGHT: A B C D ... Email Us onologuearchive.com

12. Aristophanes Links to information about aristophanes, and books about the Greek playwright aristophanes. http://www.aristophanes.com/

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13. Aristophanes Quotes 7 quotes from aristophanes 'Youth ages, immaturity is outgrown, ignorance can be educated, and drunkenness sobered, but stupid lasts forever.', 'Quickly, bring me a beaker of wine http://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/1011.Aristophanes

register tour sign in home ... Aristophanes See if your friends have read any of Aristophanes's books. "Youth ages, immaturity is outgrown, ignorance can be educated, and drunkenness sobered, but stupid lasts forever." Aristophanes 42 people liked it "Quickly, bring me a beaker of wine, so that I may wet my mind and say something clever." Aristophanes 20 people liked it "Let each man exercise the art he knows." Aristophanes 8 people liked it "By words the mind is winged." Aristophanes 6 people liked it "High thoughts must have high language." Aristophanes Frogs and Other Plays tags: philosophy 2 people liked it "Calonice: My dear Lysistrata, just what is this matter you've summoned us women to consider.What's up? Something big? Lysistrata: Very big. Calonice: (interested) Is it stout too? Lysistrata: (smiling) Yes, indeed both big and stout. Calonice: What? And the women still haven't come? Lysistrata: It's not what you suppose; they'd come soon enough for that." Aristophanes Lysistrata 2 people liked it "Wise people, even though all laws were abolished, would still lead the same life."

14. The Internet Classics Archive | The Acharnians By Aristophanes Complete text of the play by aristophanes. http://classics.mit.edu/Aristophanes/acharnians.html

Home Browse and Comment Search ... Help The Acharnians By Aristophanes Commentary: Several comments have been posted about The Acharnians Download: A 67k text-only version is available for download The Acharnians By Aristophanes Written 425 B.C.E Dramatis Personae DICAEOPOLIS HERALD AMPHITHEUS AMBASSADORS PSEUDARTABAS THEORUS DAUGHTER OF DICAEOPOLIS SLAVE OF EURIPIDES EURIPIDES LAMACHUS A MEGARIAN TWO YOUNG GIRLS, daughters of the Megarian AN INFORMER A BOEOTIAN NICARCHUS SLAVE OF LAMACHUS A HUSBANDMAN A WEDDING GUEST CHORUS OF ACHARNIAN CHARCOAL BURNERS Scene The Orchestra represents the Pnyx at Athens; in the back- ground are the usual houses, this time three in number, belonging to Dicaeopolis, Euripides, and Lamachus respectively. DICAEOPOLIS alone What cares have not gnawed at my heart and how few have been the pleasures in my life! Four, to be exact, while my troubles have been as countless as the grains of sand on the shore! Let me see! of what value to me have been these few pleasures? Ah! I remember that I was delighted in soul when Cleon had to cough up those five talents; I was in ecstasy and I love the

15. Aristophanes Chuck Rathfelder. 528-98. Reaction Paper—aristophanes. aristophanes, in his plays Lysistrata and Acharnians, certainly has many agendas he is trying to promote and points he is http://physics.usc.edu/~crathfel/aristoph.htm

16. The Acharnians Summary and analysis of aristophanes oldest extant play. http://www.theatrehistory.com/ancient/bates024.html

THE ACHARNIANS A summary and analysis of the play by Aristophanes This document was originally published in The Drama: Its History, Literature and Influence on Civilization, vol. 2 . ed. Alfred Bates. London: Historical Publishing Company, 1906. pp. 18-20. The object of the Acharnians is to induce the Athenian people to put an end to the Peloponnesian war, which already threatened the destruction of the State, and a year or two later caused its downfall. For this purpose he represents in vivid colors the comforts they had vainly sacrificed, and ridicules the braddadocios of the day with ever-brightening wit, culminating in genuine Bacchanalian revelry. About midway in the comedy Euripides appears on the scene. DICAEOPOLIS: What, ho! SLAVE: Who's there? DICAEOPOLIS: Euripides within? SLAVE: Within and not within, if you can think. DICAEOPOLIS: How can he be within and not within? SLAVE: Rightly, old man. His mind, collecting scraps, Is all abroad, and so is not within; But he himself is making tragedy With feet reposed upon his couch at home. DICAEOPOLIS: Thrice-blest Euripides, whose very slave

17. Aristophanes: Facts, Discussion Forum, And Encyclopedia Article In Ancient Greece, a deme was a subdivision of Attica, the region of Greece surrounding Athens. Demes as simple subdivisions of land in the countryside seem to have existed in http://www.absoluteastronomy.com/topics/Aristophanes

Home Discussion Topics Dictionary ... Login Aristophanes Aristophanes Topic Home Discussion Quotations Definition Overview Aristophanes , son of Philippus, of the deme Deme In Ancient Greece, a deme was a subdivision of Attica, the region of Greece surrounding Athens. Demes as simple subdivisions of land in the countryside seem to have existed in the 6th century BC and earlier, but did not acquire particular significance until the reforms of Cleisthenes in 508 BC... Cydathenaus, was a prolific and much acclaimed comic Comedy Comedy as a popular meaning, is any humorous discourse generally intended to amuse, especially in television, film, and stand-up comedy. This must be carefully distinguished from its academic definition, namely the comic theatre, whose Western origins are found in Ancient Greece... playwright Playwright A playwright, also known as a dramatist or dramaturg, is a person who writes dramatic literature or drama. These works are usually written to be performed in front of a live audience by actors... of ancient Athens Classical Athens The city of Athens during the classical period of Ancient Greece was a notable polis of Attica, Greece, leading the Delian League in the Peloponnesian War against Sparta and the Peloponnesian League. Athenian democracy was established in 508 BC under Cleisthenes following the tyranny of Hippias...

18. Aristophanes Index An index of articles on the Greek dramatist aristophanes. aristophanes and His Comedies Biography of the Greek dramatist and analysis of his poetic qualities. http://www.theatrehistory.com/ancient/aristophanes.html

Home Ancient Theatre Greek : Aristophanes ARTICLES Aristophanes and His Comedies - Biography of the Greek dramatist and analysis of his poetic qualities. Aristophanes: Monologues - An index of monologues by the Greek dramatist. Aristophanes: Poems - An index of poems by the Greek dramatist. Aristophanes Quotes - An index of quotations from his plays. The Acharnians - Summary and analysis of the play by Aristophanes. The Acharnians - An introduction to the play by Aristophanes. The Birds - Summary and analysis of the play by Aristophanes. The Birds - An introduction to the play by Aristophanes. The Character of Aristophanes - A brief examination of the poet's private character. The Clouds - Analysis of the play by Aristophanes. The Clouds - An introduction to the play by Aristophanes. The Ecclesiazusae - An introduction to the play by Aristophanes. The Frogs - Summary of the play by Aristophanes. The Frogs - An introduction to the play by Aristophanes. The Knights - Analysis of the play by Aristophanes. The Knights - An introduction to the play by Aristophanes. Lysistrata - A synopsis of the play by Aristophanes.

19. Drama: The Acharnians An anonymous translation of the play by aristophanes. http://www.eserver.org/drama/aristophanes/the-acharnians.txt

@import url(http://drama.eserver.org/ploneColumns.css); @import url(http://drama.eserver.org/plone.css); @import url(http://drama.eserver.org/ploneCustom.css); Skip to content. Drama Search Sections Home Criticism Journals Links ... Plays Personal tools You are not logged in Log in You are here: Home Plays Classical Aristophanes The Acharnians Navigation Home Criticism Journals Links Plays Classical Aeschylus Aristophanes Ecclesiazusae Lysistrata Peace Plutus The Acharnians The Birds The Clouds The Frogs The Knights The Thesmophoriazusae The Wasps Sophocles Medieval Renaissance/Early Modern Seventeenth Century Eighteenth Century Nineteenth Century Modern Drama Contemporary Drama The Acharnians 420 BC THE ACHARNIANS by Aristophanes anonymous translator CHARACTERS IN THE PLAY DICAEOPOLIS HERALD AMPHITHEUS AMBASSADORS PSEUDARTABAS THEORUS DAUGHTER OF DICAEOPOLIS SLAVE OF EURIPIDES EURIPIDES LAMACHUS A MEGARIAN TWO YOUNG GIRLS, daughters of the Megarian

20. Aristophanes - Wikiquote Comedy too can sometimes discern what is right. I shall not please, but I shall say what is true. (Acharnians, 500501) — I pained folk but little and caused them much http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Aristophanes

Aristophanes From Wikiquote Jump to: navigation search "Comedy too can sometimes discern what is right. I shall not please, but I shall say what is true." Acharnians "I pained folk but little and caused them much amusement; my conscience rebuked me for nothing." Peace Terracotta figurine of an actor wearing the mask of a bald-headed man, Hellenistic artwork, 2nd c. BC. (Aristophanes was bald.) Aristophanes (Greek: Aριστοφάνης, ca. 446 BC – ca. 386 BC ) was a Greek poet and playwright of the Old Comedy, also known as the Father of Comedy and the Prince of Ancient Comedy . Of his forty plays, eleven are extant, plus a thousand fragments of the others. Contents Sourced Acharnians (425 BC) Birds (414 BC) Clouds (423 BC) ... edit Sourced Each quote is often given in multiple versions: always the translation at Perseus (usually reliable literal translation with hypertext original Greek available) and often another, more oft-quoted translation. For identical translations, the earliest translator found is given. Character names may vary between editions (from different transliteration, translation, or attribution) and are thus always given on the same line as each translation. edit Acharnians (425 BC) Dicaepolis: Comedy too can sometimes discern what is right. I shall not please, but I shall say what is true.

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