Aristophanes
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- The Birds (Magill Book Reviews)
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- Peace (Masterplots, Fourth Edition)
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- The Acharnians (Cyclopedia of Literary Places)
- The Knights (Cyclopedia of Literary Places)
- The Wasps (Cyclopedia of Literary Places)
- Peace (Cyclopedia of Literary Places)
- The Ecclesiazusae (Masterplots, Definitive Revised Edition)
- The Clouds (Masterplots, Fourth Edition)
- The Clouds (Cyclopedia of Literary Places)
- Staging and Production (Critical Survey of Drama, Second Revised Edition)
- Dramatic Genres (Critical Survey of Drama, Second Revised Edition)
- Acting Styles (Critical Survey of Drama, Second Revised Edition)
- Classical Greek and Roman Drama (Critical Survey of Drama, Second Revised Edition)
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- Author: Aristophanes
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Aristophanes is remembered only for his plays.
Aristophanes
Achievements
Because the plays of his contemporaries and rivals have all been lost, it is impossible to credit Aristophanes with specific innovations in the development of Greek comedy. In his eleven surviving plays, however, one can trace an evolution in his own work. Although this evolution corresponds to a broader trend (the movement from Old Comedy to Middle and New Comedy), which in turn was influenced...
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