He was a comic playwright of Ancient Athens, writing 40 plays of which 11 survive almost complete
The person who was famous for his comedies was Aristophanes
Lysistrata is one of the few surviving plays written by the master of Old Comedey, Aristophanes. Originally performed in classical Athens in 411 BC, it is a comic account of one woman's extraordinary mission to end The Peloponnesian War.For more information go to: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lysistrata
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Why ancient Greek comedians of course! buh-dump psh! Actually it is that simple, unless you want names. If so, Aristophanes and Menander are pretty good. However, this is largely pretty mature stuff. Aristophanes wrote a play telling how the Peloponnesian War between Athens and Sparta ended, the women of Greece collectively withheld sex from their husbands (even the prostitutes stopped, and that was a pretty heavy business since most men didn't marry until their late 20s, thirties). Some of Aristophanes' stuff was so raunchy that it wasn't properly translated for a while. Naturally, I highly recommend Aristophanes.
Aristophanes didnt write comics.
A famous play written by Aristophanes, a Greek comic.
Charles William Peppler has written: 'Comic terminations in Aristophanes and the comic fragments'
No. Aristophanes was a writer of comic plays.
No. Aristophanes was a writer of comic plays.
Aristophanes.
Aristophanes has written: 'Aristophanis Byzantii fragmenta'
Aristophanes
Aristophanes
Herbert Richards has written: 'Aristophanes and others' -- subject(s): Greek drama (Comic), History and criticism, Criticism and interpretation, Greek literature
The two greatest comic authors, after Aristophanes, as the Greeks thought, were Cratinus and Eupolis. (Arisrophane was the greatest comic author)
The one whose works are most available was Aristophanes.