aristophanes
IPA: ærʌstˈɔfʌniz
Root Word: Aristophanes
noun
- An Ancient Greek male name, most famously borne by a playwright who lived from circa 446 BC to circa 386 BC.
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Examples of "aristophanes" in Sentences
- A character in an Aristophanes play.
- Aristophanes ends on a cautionary note.
- This act is often used to comic effect by Aristophanes.
- Aristophanes wasn't just a comic dramatist but a comic poet.
- Aristophanes is important to people who go to the theatre for a laugh.
- This reference is primarily found in some of the plays of Aristophanes.
- I called on the ghosts of Aristophanes, of Shakespeare, of Lope de Vega.
- Aristophanes deals effectively with this etymology in his comedy the Birds.
- Aristophanes is portrayed as an absolutely incontinent and intemperant fool.
- The surviving plays by Aristophanes are a treasure trove of comic presentation.
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