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Aristophanes
 
SYLLABICATION:Ar·is·toph·a·nes
PRONUNCIATION:  r-stf-nz
DATES:448?–388? b.c.
Athenian playwright considered to be the greatest ancient writer of satirical comedy. Among his surviving plays are The Clouds (423) and Lysistrata (411).
 
 
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  aristocrat Aristophanes of Byzantium  
 
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