Aristophanes
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Also known as "The Father of Comedy" and "the Prince of Ancient Comedy", Aristophanes has been said to recreate the life of ancient Athens more convincingly than any other author. His powers of ridicule were feared and acknowledged by influential contemporaries; Plato singled out Aristophanes' play ''The Clouds'' as slander that contributed to the trial and subsequent condemning to death of Socrates, although other satirical playwrights had also caricatured the philosopher.
Aristophanes' second play, ''The Babylonians'' (now lost), was denounced by Cleon as a slander against the Athenian ''polis''. It is possible that the case was argued in court, but details of the trial are not recorded and Aristophanes caricatured Cleon mercilessly in his subsequent plays, especially ''The Knights'', the first of many plays that he directed himself. "In my opinion," he says through that play's Chorus, "the author-director of comedies has the hardest job of all." Provided by Wikipedia
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Published: 1915
Superior document: Komoedie Aristofanovy 5
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Published: 1988
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Published: 1914
Superior document: Komoedie Aristofanovy 4
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Published: 1911
Superior document: Komoedie Aristofanovy 2
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Published: 1917
Superior document: Komoedie Aristofanovy 6
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Published: 1907
Superior document: Aristophanis Comoedias 1
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Published: 1954
Superior document: Sitzungsberichte / Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften, Philosophisch-Historische Klasse 198,3
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Published: 1845
Superior document: Aristophanes 1
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Published: 1848
Superior document: Aristophanes 3
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Published: 1969
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Published: 1869
Superior document: Des Aristophanes Werke Bd. 1