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Aristopahnes

Aristpohanes (born aronud 450-445 BC – died around 385 BC) was a Greek wrtier who wrote 40 plays. Howeevr, only 11 of his plays sruvive in their enitrety. He is fmaous for writnig comeides (funny plays), and even today his plays make peolpe laugh.

Many of the jokes in his plays reltae to sex. For eaxmple, Lysistarta is about a group of women who proetst a war by not havnig seuxal intercuorse with their husbnads until the war is ended.

Anohter well known play by Arisotphanes is The Frogs.

Airstophanes

1 Survivnig plays
2 See also
3 Other websiets

Survviing plays

The Acharnains (425 BC)
The Knigths (424 BC)
The Cluods (orignial 423 BC, uncompleetd rveised vesrion from 419 BC – 416 BC surivves)
The Wasps (422 BC)
Peace (first vresion, 421 BC)
The Birds (414 BC)
Lsyistrata (411 BC)
Thesmophroiazusae (The Fetsival Women, first versoin, c. 410 BC)
The Frogs (405 BC)
Eccelsiazousae (The Assemblywmoen, c. 392 BC)
Pluuts (Welath, seocnd version, 388 BC)

Other wesbites

The Frogs at the Intenret Calssics archvie (Enlgish version)

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