Aristophanes

[ ar-uh-stof-uh-neez ]

/ ˌær əˈstɒf əˌniz /

noun

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

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A·ris·to·phan·ic

[uh-ris-tuh-fan-ik] /əˌrɪs təˈfæn ɪk/, adjective

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It is the Aristophanic method that differs so greatly from that of most modern satirists.

Pot-Boilers |Clive Bell
It is now clear that Aristophanic comedy is in the history of art unique—the product of peculiar and unrepeated circumstances.

Studies of the Greek Poets (Vol II of 2) |John Addington Symonds
Thus their rivalry, such as it was, was entirely without animosity, and in no way disturbed the harmony of the Aristophanic party.

Gryll Grange |Thomas Love Peacock
There is, I fear, an infinite truth in this Aristophanic judgment applied to our modern cloud-worship.

Modern Painters Vol. III. |John Ruskin

The invitation was cordially accepted, and in the meantime considerable progress had been made in the Aristophanic comedy.

Gryll Grange |Thomas Love Peacock

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Aristophanes

/ (ˌærɪˈstɒfəˌniːz) /

noun

?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

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Aristophanes

[ (ar-i-stof-uh-neez) ]

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

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