ARISTOPHANES

Meaning of ARISTOPHANES in English

Ar ‧ i ‧ stoph ‧ a ‧ nes /ˌærəˈstɒfəniːz, ˌærɪˈstɒfəniːz $ -ˈstɑː-/ BrE AmE

(?457-?385 BC) an ancient Greek writer of humorous plays, considered to be the greatest writer of Greek ↑ comedy . His many plays include The Frogs and ↑ Lysistrata .

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ARISTOPHANES — biographical name circa 450- circa 388 B.C. Athenian dramatist, Aristophanic adjective
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ARISTOPHANES — born с 450 died с 388 BC Greek playwright. An Athenian, he began his career as a comic dramatist in …
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ARISTOPHANES — — Aristophanic /euh ris'teuh fan"ik/ , adj. /ar'euh stof"euh neez'/ , n. 448?-385? B.C., Athenian comic dramatist.
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ARISTOPHANES — n. ancient Greek dramatist (known for his comedies "The Clouds" and "Lysistrata")
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ARISTOPHANES — biographical name circa 450- circa 388 B.C. Athenian dramatist • Ar·is·to·phan·ic ˌa-rə-stə-ˈfa-nik adjective
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ARISTOPHANES — born c. 450 BC died c. 388 BC the greatest representative of ancient Greek comedy, and the one whose works …
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ARISTOPHANES — Aristophanes BrE AmE ˌær ɪ ˈstɒf ə niːz ˌ•ə- AmE \ -ˈstɑːf- ˌer-
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ARISTOPHANES — n. born 0441; 450 died 0441; 388 BC Greek playwright. An Athenian, he began his career as a comic dramatist …
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ARISTOPHANES — Аристофан
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ARISTOPHANES — n. Pronunciation: ˌ a-r ə - ' stä-f ə - ˌ n ē z Function: biographical name ca 450- ca …
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ARISTOPHANES OF BYZANTIUM — biographical name circa 257-180 B.C. Greek scholar
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ARISTOPHANES OF BYZANTIUM — born c. 257 BC died 180 BC, Alexandria Greek literary critic and grammarian who, after early study under leading scholars …
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ARISTOPHANIC — adjective see: Aristophanes
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SYMPOSIUM — In ancient Greece, an aristocratic banquet at which men met to discuss philosophical and political issues and recite poetry. It …
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SATIRE — Artistic form in which human or individual vices, folly, abuses, or shortcomings are held up to censure by means of …
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NEW COMEDY — Greek drama from с 320 BC to the mid-3rd century BC that offers a mildly satiric view of contemporary Athenian …
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COMEDY — I Genre of dramatic literature that deals with the light and amusing or with the serious and profound in a …
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BURLESQUE — In literature, comic imitation of a serious literary or artistic form that relies on an extravagant incongruity between a subject …
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ATHENS — Greek Athínai City (pop., 2001: 745,514), capital of Greece. It is located inland near its port, Piraeus , on the …
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FAIL — I. ˈfāl, esp before pause or consonant -āəl verb ( -ed/-ing/-s ) Etymology: Middle English faillen, failen, from Old French …
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ARISTOPHANIC — I. |arə̇stə|fanik, |aˌris- adjective Usage: usually capitalized Etymology: Late Latin Aristophanicus, from Aristophanes (Greek Aristophanēs ) died ab 380 B.C. …
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VALID — ˈvalə̇d adjective Etymology: Middle French or Medieval Latin; Middle French valide, from Medieval Latin validus, from Latin, strong, from valēre …
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ARISTOPHANIC — (a.) Of or pertaining to Aristophanes, the Athenian comic poet.
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ARISTOPHANIC — ( a. ) Of or pertaining to Aristophanes, the Athenian comic poet.
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WASPS, THE — a satirical comedy (422 B.C.) by Aristophanes.
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PEACE — — peaceless , adj. — peacelessness , n. — peacelike , adj. /pees/ , n., interj., v., peaced, peacing . …
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AGON — debate or contest between two characters in Attic comedy, constituting one of several formal conventions in these highly structured plays. …
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SOCRATES — born c. 470 BC, , Athens died 399, Athens ancient Athenian philosopher who directed philosophical thought toward analyses of the …
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PHRYNICHUS — flourished c. 500 BC, , Athens Athenian tragic poet, an older contemporary of Aeschylus. He was the earliest tragedian of …
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CRATINUS — died c. 420 BC Greek poet, regarded in antiquity as one of the three greatest writers, with Eupolis and Aristophanes, …
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ARISTARCHUS OF SAMOTHRACE — born c. 217 BC died 145 BC, Cyprus Greek critic and grammarian, noted for his contribution to Homeric studies. Aristarchus …
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