Aristophanes, Four Comedies Four Comedies, written by Aristophanes, is a book composed of the following four plays: "Lysistrata", "The Congresswomen", "The Acharnians" and "The Frogs". ... Aristophanes uses comedy in these plays in order to portray his views and make his point. ...
Both Euripides' tragedy, Medea and Aristophanes' comedy, Lysistrata showcase women facing incredibly difficult situations at the hands of their husbands. Medea and Lysistrata both exhibited extraordinary strength in very different manners. They each proved that women may have to be creative but ulti...
Aristophanes, the greatest of comic playwrights Aristophanes introduced the coarse type of comedy known as "old comedy". ... Of his 54 comedies, only 11 have survived: the Acharnians, the Birds (generally regarded as his masterpiece), the Clouds, the Ecclesiazusae (the women in politics), the Frogs, the Knights, Lysistrata , Peace, Plutus (his last play), the Thesmophorizusae and the Wasps Euripides One of the three greatest tragic playwrights, Euripides is most known for introducing the "apo mihanis theo" (deus ex machina, a god from the machine). ...
During the Hellenic and Hellenistic periods, the ancient Greeks were hard at work, making long-lasting contributions to art, poetry, drama, sports, mathematics, science and philosophy. The Hellenic period, also called the "classical period, lasted from 1200 B.C. to 334 B.C. and were the years noted ...
