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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Superior document: Aristophane 2
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Published: 1857
Superior document: Aristophanis Comoedias 1
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Published: 1869
Superior document: Des Aristophanes Werke Bd. 2
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Published: 1869
Superior document: Des Aristophanes Werke Bd. 1
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Published: 1903
Superior document: Aristophanis Comoedias 1
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Superior document: Sitzungsberichte / Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften, Philosophisch-Historische Klasse 198,4
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Superior document: Comoediae, quae supersunt emendavit et interpretatus est Franc. Valen. Fritzsche 1
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Published: 1948
Superior document: Aristophane 2
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Published: 1861
Superior document: Aristophanis Comoediae 1
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Superior document: Aristophanis Comoediae 2
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Published: 1835
Superior document: Aristophanis comoediae accedunt perditarum fabularum fragmenta 2 (1835)
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Superior document: Ausgewählte Komödien des Aristophanes 2
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Published: 1862
Superior document: Ausgewählte Komödien des Aristophanes 1