Aristophanes
[,æri'stɔfəni:z]
Definition
(noun.) an ancient Greek dramatist remembered for his comedies (448-380 BC).
Editor: Olaf--From WordNet
Examples
- Why, my dear lad, I am even now courting the Nine, and turning Aristophanes into good English verse. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- The mockery of Aristophanes broke out (427 B.C.) only when the days of great tragedy and sculpture and building were drawing to a close. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- If you fail, my poor Maurice— _V? victis_, retorted Roylands, with a laugh; keep your lamentations till after the contest, Mr Aristophanes. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- I wish I could go with you to see the land of Aristophanes. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- He was born 427 B.C., the year of the first performance of the work of Aristophanes, and he lived for eighty years. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- We have only one plain-speaking Aristophanes nowadays, and his name is _Punch_. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- And Crispin, as ?schylus-Aristophanes, of the second, cried Maurice brightly. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- Do you think Aristophanes understood it? Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
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