Aristophanes: A Biography

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The Greek playwright Aristophanes lived from 448 to about 385 BCE. He is thought to have been born in Athens in the township of Cydathenaeum and was probably wealthy and well educated. He had three sons, Philippos, Araros, and Nikostrato who were all comic poets.

Aristophanes wrote satire and comedy and is the only writer of "Old Comedy" whose plays are still intact. During his lifetime, Athens underwent many cultural and social changes and so he had nearly unlimited targets for his satire. He wrote over forty plays of which elev

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