Aristophanes

Aristophanes
Aristophanes
	Illustration frae a bust foond near Tusculum†.
Born	c. 446 BC; Athens
Dee'd	c. 386 BC; Delphi
Thrift	Playwricht (comedy)
Years active	427 BC – 386 BC
Kent for	Playwricht an director o Auld Comedy
Notable wirk(s)	The Acharnians, 425 BC; The Knights 424 BC; The Clouds 423 BC; The Wasps 422 BC; Peace 421 BC; The Birds 414 BC; Lysistrata 411 BC; Thesmophoriazusae 411 BC; The Frogs 405 BC; Ecclesiazusae c. 392 BC; Wealth II 388 BC;
	Notes † Althou mony airtists' renderins o Aristophanes portray him wi flowin curly hair, several jests in his plays indicate that he mey hae been prematurely bald.

Aristophanes (/ˌærᵻˈstɒfəniːz/ or /ˌɛrᵻˈstɒfəniːz/;^[2] Greek: Ἀριστοφάνης, pronounced [aristopʰánɛːs]; c. 446 – c. 386 BC), son o Philippus, o the deme Cydathenaeum,^[3] wis a comic playwricht o auncient Athens.

↑ Barrett (1964) p.9
↑ Jones, Daniel; Roach, Peter, James Hartman and Jane Setter, eds. Cambridge English Pronouncing Dictionary. 17th edition. Cambridge UP, 2006.
↑ Alan Sommerstein, Aristophanes: Lysistrata, The Acharnians, The Clouds, Penguin Books, 1973, page 9

Aristophanes
Illustration frae a bust foond near Tusculum†.
Born	c. 446 BC Athens
Dee'd	c. 386 BC Delphi
Thrift	Playwricht (comedy)
Years active	427 BC – 386 BC
Kent for	Playwricht an director o Auld Comedy
Notable wirk(s)	The Acharnians, 425 BC The Knights 424 BC The Clouds 423 BC The Wasps 422 BC Peace 421 BC The Birds 414 BC Lysistrata 411 BC Thesmophoriazusae 411 BC The Frogs 405 BC Ecclesiazusae c. 392 BC Wealth II 388 BC
Notes † Althou mony airtists' renderins o Aristophanes portray him wi flowin curly hair, several jests in his plays indicate that he mey hae been prematurely bald.^[1]