The directory «Plots»

Aristophanes (Αριστοφάνης)
(450 –385 BC)

Greek playwright, Athenian comic poet, greatest of the ancient writers of comedy. His plays, the only full extant samples of the Greek Old Comedy, mix political, social, and literary satire. The direct attack on persons, the severity of invective, and the burlesque extravagances made the plays fitting for the festival of Dionysus. Aristophanes was... More...

Greece, 1987, Christopher Nezer in «The Wasps»