Library / The 200 / Aristophanes
No. 18 of 200 · Great Authors
386 BC
Major worksThe Clouds, The Birds, Lysistrata, The Frogs, The Wasps
The greatest comic playwright of ancient Athens, whose biting, bawdy satires mocked politicians, philosophers, and the follies of his own city, Socrates and Euripides among his targets. Plays like Lysistrata and The Clouds preserve the irreverent, freewheeling spirit of Athenian comedy and remain our richest window into the everyday life and arguments of the age.
Episodes and essays that touch on Aristophanes.
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