英语词汇“Aristophanes”造句子简单的方法、技巧、例句及翻译-英语例句辞典

In his play The Frogs, the conservative Aristophanes makes repeated sneering references to Euripides’ partiality for books. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z

“You know, in ancient Greece, Aristophanes would write plays about how much of a dipshit Socrates was and perform them right there in Athens. Talk about cutthroat, right?” Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

The plot of Aristophanes’ satirical play The Frogs of 405 bc, for instance, like the story of Orpheus and Euridice, concerns a life-or- death poetry and singing competition in the Underworld. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

But in the absence of surviving notation of the music performed with the plays of Aristophanes and others, we must once again resign ourselves to frustration and speculation. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

In his comic play The Clouds, Aristophanes, writing in 420 bc, lampooned rhetoric as the art of weak reasoning, “which by false arguments triumphs over the strong.” Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

Now Mac looks back — way back — to ancient Greek comedy with “The Fre,” which is inspired by Aristophanes’ “The Frogs.” What to See and Experience in New York City This Spring 2020-02-26T05:00:00Z

After all, this 411 B.C. romp by Aristophanes is about lusty women who go on a sex strike until their husbands end a long, bloody war. In this ‘Lysistrata,’ sex and war don’t mix 2013-07-25T22:40:24Z

To my regret, I was only the second cleverest boy in the school, though I remain the only one to have rewritten the entire works of Aristophanes in blank verse. Digested read: Memoirs by William Rees-Mogg 2011-07-11T20:30:02Z

Everybody involved with the awful comedy “Is That a Gun in Your Pocket?...” owes Aristophanes an apology. Review: A Sex-or-Guns Comedy That Might Make Aristophanes Wince 2016-09-15T04:00:00Z

Spike Lee’s memorably ambitious new movie “Chi-Raq,” a heartbreaking tragicomic adaptation of Aristophanes’ “Lysistrata” set in present-day Chicago, stands as an eloquent refutation of that thesis. “Chi-Raq”: Spike Lee’s blistering, outrageous satirical assault on a society consumed by violence 2015-12-01T05:00:00Z

"Lysistrata" is, of course, the Aristophanes comedy in which a group of Greek women scheme to force their men to end an ongoing war by withholding sexual favors. 'The Uncoupling': a New Jersey high school under 'Lysistrata's' spell 2011-04-06T22:24:04Z

Spike Lee's new musical "Chiraq" is based on Aristophanes' Greek comedy "Lysistrata," but it will feature one fewer self-proclaimed deity than previously anticipated. Kanye West won't star in Spike Lee movie, gets honorary Ph.D. instead 2015-05-12T04:00:00Z

Derived from Aristophanes’ “The Frogs” and scheduled for 2017, “The Fre” will explore empathy and take place in a mud pit, with flinging encouraged. The Gaudy, Glittery, Gorgeously Subversive World of Taylor Mac 2016-09-14T04:00:00Z

And what he recycled there was less a matter of cartons and cans than Aristophanes, Shakespeare, Wagner, Dumas, Gothic novels, ball gowns, B movies, sex manuals and superhero comic books. Review: Charles Ludlam in the Cosmos Where ‘Queens Collide’ 2017-11-10T05:00:00Z

A fateful encounter with Aristophanes' "The Frogs" introduced her to, as she writes, "a universe in which the answer to a population struggling with war and political chaos was better drama." Out of Carey Perloff's 'Chaos' comes theatrical harmony 2015-03-27T04:00:00Z

That production, “Lysistrata of Aristophanes, an African Version,” was put on by the Federal Theater Project, a program of the New Deal. In Spike Lee's 'Chi-Raq,' It's Women vs. Men, With a Vengeance 2015-12-03T05:00:00Z

Recorded mostly in Grimes’ Los Angeles home, Art Angels consists of 14 tracks and includes collaborations with Janelle Monaé and Taiwanese rapper Aristophanes, according to a press release. Watch Grimes' Surreal New Music Video 2015-10-26T04:00:00Z

For decades, the Loeb Classical Library published watered-down versions of Greek and Roman texts, only to reverse itself after the 1960s and put back in the dirty words of Aristophanes and others. Mark Twain remains censored, and uncensored 2011-01-07T19:08:15Z

Coming in April is his “Aristophanesathon,” which will explore 11 Aristophanes comedies over four and a half hours. A Gilbert & Sullivan Jaunt to Margaritaville 2017-11-27T05:00:00Z

He follows talk about comedy from Aristophanes by saying he grew up “a chariot” ride from Greektown in Detroit. On Keegan-Michael Key’s Podcast, a Provocative Case for Sketch Comedy 2021-01-27T05:00:00Z

For modern viewers, Aristophanes’ “Lysistrata” may be easier to admire than to like. | 'Lysistrata': When the Puppets Called a Sex Strike 2011-02-08T23:43:08Z

Of course, Euripides being Euripides, a playwright tagged as so woman-hating that his colleague Aristophanes could write a comedy about it, this experiment ends very, very badly. Review: In This Entertaining ‘Bacchae,’ Dionysus Is a Nasty Woman 2018-10-04T04:00:00Z

Based on Lysistrata, a satire by Aristophanes, the film follows a group of women on the south side of Chicago who decide to fight gun crime by withholding sex from their men. Spike Lee: female students should go on sex strike to combat campus rape 2015-11-26T05:00:00Z

It also faced accusations that its use of satire and Aristophanes’ plot of a sex strike makes light of the gang violence plaguing Chicago’s African-American neighborhoods. In Spike Lee's 'Chi-Raq,' It's Women vs. Men, With a Vengeance 2015-12-03T05:00:00Z

Then again, “Lysistrata,” easily Aristophanes’ most performed play, has always spurred debate, and “Chi-Raq” could be seen as part of a historical tradition of African-American adaptations that have set off unanticipated controversies. In Spike Lee's 'Chi-Raq,' It's Women vs. Men, With a Vengeance 2015-12-03T05:00:00Z

Her sound was melting and lustrous in the long phrases of the first movement, “Phaedrus,” and alluringly veiled in “Aristophanes.” Music Review: Budapest Festival Orchestra at Avery Fisher Hall 2013-01-22T23:20:20Z

But both writers were comedians, each a descendant in his way of Aristophanes. ‘The Life of Saul Bellow: To Fame and Fortune, 1915-1964,’ by Zachary Leader 2015-04-27T04:00:00Z

None of them seem to have been especially crippled in life because they know who Aristophanes was. Hooray for “worthless” education! 2014-03-27T17:07:00Z

Lysistrata The women of ancient Greece go on a sex strike in hopes of ending the Peloponnesian War in Aristophanes' classic comedy; contains nudity, sexual situations. L.A. theater openings, April 24-May 1: 'A Walk in the Woods' and more 2016-04-21T04:00:00Z

The gist and many particulars of the lusty Aristophanes text are retained. In this ‘Lysistrata,’ sex and war don’t mix 2013-07-25T22:40:24Z

More than 2,400 years ago, the Greek playwright Aristophanes wrote “Lysistrata,” an antiwar satire in which a group of women endeavor to stop the Peloponnesian War by withholding sex from their husbands. Review: In ‘ms. estrada,’ Campus Feminists Say No to Sex, Yes to Hip-Hop 2018-04-17T04:00:00Z

"Inspired by Aristophanes", it turns Socrates from the buffoonish charlatan of the original into a wise, Platonic teacher. Women in Parliament/Socrates and His Clouds – review 2013-06-10T17:03:56Z

Our propensity for destruction has been a source of cackling amusement at least since Aristophanes and the age of classical comedy. | 'Long Story Short': Colin Quinn Performs at 45 Bleecker Street 2010-08-16T21:32:00Z

The unsettling play will be offset by lighter fare from Eton, including a treatment of Aristophanes' The Frogs, which Dormandy said is closer to The Mighty Boosh than to the classical work. Edinburgh festival fringe: Eton College turns heads, and careers 2012-08-04T09:47:21Z

While the other Phi Beta Kappas are trudging through their Aristophanes, his character is hitting the parties, making contacts and making history. Saying No to College 2012-11-30T22:03:33Z

The longest and wildest of the surviving plays of Aristophanes, the great master of the Old Comedy style, “The Birds” is best known today for introducing “Cloud-cuckoo-land” into our cultural vocabulary. Review: Building the Wall (Not That One) in Aristophanes’ ‘The Birds’ 2018-05-06T04:00:00Z

Aristophanes left us “Lysistrata,” a comedy about women who withhold sex until their men agree to give up war. Review: A Sex-or-Guns Comedy That Might Make Aristophanes Wince 2016-09-15T04:00:00Z

The comic playwright Aristophanes in the 5th century BC pointed the finger at those clever rhetoricians whose weasel, winning words made what was in fact bad seem good, and vice versa. What makes a great speech? 2011-02-26T00:07:28Z

In Aristophanes’ bawdy “Lysistrata” — 411 B.C. — a group of Greek wives deny their husbands sex until the men agree to negotiate a peaceful end to the Peloponnesian War. The Week Ahead: May 15 ? 21 2011-05-13T18:51:39Z

Whether women are agents in or the objects of Aristophanes’s satire has always been in the eye of the beholder. In Spike Lee's 'Chi-Raq,' It's Women vs. Men, With a Vengeance 2015-12-03T05:00:00Z

And while Art Buchwald, the syndicated humor columnist, was no Aristophanes, he was working in that ancient tradition with his collection of pieces on Watergate, published as “I Am Not a Crook.” ‘I Have Passed the Point of Reacting’: How the Watergate News Cycle Reads Today 2017-07-02T04:00:00Z

Later, she summarized “The Birds,” the Aristophanes comedy, comparing the walls in its plot to walls between Palestine and Israel and the United States and Mexico, calling them “complicated.” Music Review: Laurie Anderson Gets Political at River to River Shows 2013-06-20T22:39:21Z

The film's premise is borrowed from the ribald Aristophanes Greek comedy "Lysistrata" -— instead of a sex strike in ancient Greece, the story is set against the backdrop of gun violence in present-day Chicago. Break down of ‘Chi-Raq’ trailer: locations, stars and plot 2015-11-05T05:00:00Z

In that regard, the actors bring to mind Euripides’ “The Bacchae” as much as they do Aristophanes. Review: Building the Wall (Not That One) in Aristophanes’ ‘The Birds’ 2018-05-06T04:00:00Z

“He was in Aristophanes’s ‘The Birds,’ playing a servant who gets tangled up in his robe as he made his entrance down a ramp,” Mr. Keach said of Mr. Kaminsky in a telephone interview. Howard Kaminsky, Publisher With a Best-Seller Sense, Dies at 77 2017-08-29T04:00:00Z

I actually now wonder how many really young kids grew up thinking for a while that "Aristophanes" was a synonym for "ridiculous." Review: Building the Wall (Not That One) in Aristophanes’ ‘The Birds’ 2018-05-06T04:00:00Z

“Chi-Raq” is a loose adaptation of Aristophanes’ comedy “Lysistrata,” from 411 B.C., about a group of women who withhold sex from men in order to get them to end the ruinous Peloponnesian War. Spike Lee’s Necessary, Overwhelming “Chi-Raq” 2015-12-09T05:00:00Z

“The Hang” certainly gets its digs at Aristophanes. Taylor Mac’s ‘Fever Dream’: Exploring the Philosophy of the Hang 2022-01-20T05:00:00Z

There is a place for cross-dressing in comedy; it’s as old as Aristophanes and as popular as “Some Like It Hot” and “Tootsie” and Dame Edna. The TV Watch: ?Are You There, Chelsea?? Enters Female Sitcom Fray 2012-01-10T21:08:56Z

The show, based on the Aristophanes comedy, originally had been done 20 years earlier in the Yale University swimming pool. Perfectionist. Genius. Icon. That was Stephen Sondheim 2021-11-26T05:00:00Z

It goes back to ancient Greece – think of Aristophanes' The Frogs, for example, and the little bottle of oil that crops up everywhere. Letters: Cinematic myths and historical facts 2011-02-05T00:05:50Z

“Scream” is an industrial showcase for nimble Taiwanese artist Aristophanes, who raps in Mandarin and is accompanied by coos, screams and what sounds like a marching band. Grimes wages battle with herself on the wild and wonderful ‘Art Angels’ 2015-11-09T05:00:00Z

On Friday night, Grimes took “Scream,” a song from that album featuring a rap in Chinese by the Taiwanese rapper Aristophanes, and did her own rap in Russian instead. At Moogfest, a Demonstration of What Human and Machine Can Accomplish 2016-05-23T04:00:00Z

It’s why the plays of Aristophanes continue to be performed, why vampire tales still ignite the imagination, why “Doctor Who” never goes out of style. “Community” botches damage control 2012-05-24T16:00:00Z

As Lynch points out, one of the earliest references to women withholding sex as leverage to try and sway men is in Aristophanes' comedy "Lysistrata." Withholding sex is not the answer to abortion bans: The spectacle of celebrity "pro-choice" activism 2021-09-08T04:00:00Z

The bones of Aristophanes’ original central debate have been retained, as have some of the gorgeous catalogs of names used for purposes of description and invocation. Review: Building the Wall (Not That One) in Aristophanes’ ‘The Birds’ 2018-05-06T04:00:00Z

Anyway, in this movie the jokes aren’t on the leads; they’re on the supporting figures, who in comedies from Aristophanes to Apatow, have always been given the custard pie of derision. The Intouchables: France's Biggest Hit Dares You to Resist Its Charms 2012-05-24T14:23:28Z

One famous play by Aristophanes, Lysistrata, was set in the Peloponnesian War. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Playwrights like Aristophanes were there to make fun of the rulers but also to make our hearts bleed about the tragedy of humankind,” Ms. Evangelatos said. For Early Democracy, Theater Was a Catalyst 2022-10-06T04:00:00Z

Socrates is depicted in several of Aristophanes’s comedic plays. Introduction to Philosophy 2022-06-15T00:00:00Z

A librarian in Alexandria, Egypt, Aristophanes of Byzantium, thought the system could stand improving. Perspective | You can quote me: ‘Doesn’t anybody know how to use punctuation any more?’ 2022-02-13T05:00:00Z

Instead he decided his future lay as a serious stage actor and he was offered a leading role in a production of Aristophanes' comedy Lysistrata in 1946. Obituary: Iconic black actor Sidney Poitier 2022-01-07T05:00:00Z

You might miss points of contact hidden in the text — as when Seymour dubs a rare owl Trustyfriend, a name he probably picked up from Zeno’s teachings on Aristophanes’ “The Birds.” Review: Anthony Doerr asks us to save ourselves by looking beyond ourselves 2021-09-28T04:00:00Z

The twists and turns of Aristophanes’ farce aren’t always well managed. Review: Liza plus Aristophanes equals the bedazzling camp of 'Lizastrata' at the Getty Villa 2021-09-13T04:00:00Z

Aristophanes, an accomplished Athenian playwright, won several dramatic competitions of his day. Introduction to Philosophy 2022-06-15T00:00:00Z

These included dots that Aristophanes suggested be inserted in manuscripts to denote a pause. Perspective | You can quote me: ‘Doesn’t anybody know how to use punctuation any more?’ 2022-02-13T05:00:00Z

He came across a reference to Ariphrades made by a playwright of more enduring fame, Aristophanes. "More pleasure, more sex, more fun": An L.A. writer draws lessons from ancient Greece 2021-08-16T04:00:00Z

Aristophanes is a reference to my previous column, where I mentioned that classics scholars still debate what certain lines in the Greek’s plays mean. Perspective | Some people just don’t get it. Cultural references, I mean. 2021-07-25T04:00:00Z

That equilibrium is not quite there at the Getty Villa, but the zany Troubadour update is the truest to Aristophanes of any American production I’ve seen. Review: Liza plus Aristophanes equals the bedazzling camp of 'Lizastrata' at the Getty Villa 2021-09-13T04:00:00Z

Aristophanes’s depiction of Socrates is ridiculous, and Plato appears to think that this depiction is partially responsible for Socrates’s ultimate trial and death. Introduction to Philosophy 2022-06-15T00:00:00Z

The most famous work by Aristophanes is “The Frogs,” whose plot centers on a competition between the dead poets Euripides and Aeschylus over whose tragic plays are more inspiring for Athenians. Perspective | Whether it’s a Greek play or an American sitcom, nothing lasts forever 2021-07-04T04:00:00Z

I don’t know if a revival of “Hamilton” 2,000 years from now is going to resonate with people, whereas Aristophanes still does. "More pleasure, more sex, more fun": An L.A. writer draws lessons from ancient Greece 2021-08-16T04:00:00Z

Maybe a future piece will add the comic playwright Aristophanes to the discussion. Feedback: The coronavirus toll on art, theater and TV 2020-04-17T04:00:00Z

Aristophanes would have fiendish fun whisking our dear leader off to some imaginary circus world. Oedipus Rex vs. President Trump: Leaders reveal themselves in times of plague 2020-03-26T04:00:00Z

Aristophanes wrote it during a murderous war between Athens and Sparta that seemed to have no end. Too filthy to print – Aubrey Beardsley and his explosions of obscenity 2020-02-28T05:00:00Z

The animated short was intended as the first installment of a feature-length adaptation of the Aristophanes play “Lysistrata,” in which women withhold sex in an attempt to end the Peloponnesian War. Richard Williams, Oscar-winning animator behind ‘Who Framed Roger Rabbit,’ dies at 86 2019-08-19T04:00:00Z

There’s this idea that this poet, Aaron Poochigian, talks about — he did a translation of Aristophanes’ plays and he talked about patriotic obscenity. "More pleasure, more sex, more fun": An L.A. writer draws lessons from ancient Greece 2021-08-16T04:00:00Z

In Aristophanes’s play “Lysistrata,” the eponymous ancient Greek heroine convenes women from across the Hellenistic world to forswear sex until such time as their husbands agree to end the Peloponnesian War. Opinion | The #SexStrike wasn’t real. Why was there so much coverage? 2019-05-15T04:00:00Z

In ancient Athens, the well-born playwright Aristophanes attempted to undermine a demagogue named Cleon through a series of satirical plays, staged before thousands. Perspective | Yes, Trump is undignified. Demagogues have to be. 2019-03-08T05:00:00Z

As his young life entered its premature twilight, he found sensual solace in Aristophanes’ Lysistrata, a play about love defeating death – or, in Greek, Eros defeating Thanatos. Too filthy to print – Aubrey Beardsley and his explosions of obscenity 2020-02-28T05:00:00Z

I could get fed up with all that and read Eco and Foucault and Aristophanes and Shakespeare for a change and still do perfectly good philosophy. Philosophy Has Made Plenty of Progress 2018-11-04T04:00:00Z

The first time I read Aristophanes’ play “The Frogs,” I was struck by how much it referenced other writers of the period, which felt very modern to me. "More pleasure, more sex, more fun": An L.A. writer draws lessons from ancient Greece 2021-08-16T04:00:00Z

I asked Hippocrates an impertinent question about his legendary baldness, I watched Herodotus draw many long faces while discussing the imbroglio between city-states and, at a symposium, I helped Sophocles prank Aristophanes. Review | ’Assassin’s Creed Odyssey’ is very entertaining. If you have the time to truly play it. 2018-10-05T04:00:00Z

While something unimaginable in Aristophanes's day may well now be seen as progressive - not all viewers were happy. What difference would an all-female government make? 2018-09-05T04:00:00Z

In Aristophanes’ 2,400-year-old allegorical comedy, women of ancient Greece band together to withhold sex until their men stop their pointless armed conflict. In 'Lysistrata Unbound,' the women go to war against war 2018-06-22T04:00:00Z

With its forward-looking swipes at gender inequality and social hypocrisy, Aristophanes’ subversive comedy has been running, on and off, since 411 BC. The 99 Seat Beat: ‘Lysistrata' at the Odyssey, '100 Aprils' at Rogue Machine, plus a 'Monster Mash' 2018-06-08T04:00:00Z

The withholding of sexual favours has often been portrayed as a powerful weapon for women determined to get their way, and it all dates back to Aristophanes' racy Greek comedy Lysistrata. The world's strangest strikes 2018-05-06T04:00:00Z

As he imagined the stop in ancient Greece, he spoke of his expectation that he would bump into Pluto, Aristotle, Socrates, Euripides and Aristophanes. Martin Luther King's last 31 hours: the story of his final prophetic speech 2018-04-04T04:00:00Z

I myself have derived great pleasure and intellectual stimulation from reading, analyzing and discussing the works of Aristophanes, Thucydides and Aristotle, along with many others. Arizona Republicans Inject Schools of Conservative Thought Into State Universities 2018-02-26T05:00:00Z

And then you have ancient Greeks and Lysistrata, the Aristophanes play where women give up sex. From Ice Age dildos to VR, an academic explains the history and future of sex toys 2018-02-14T05:00:00Z

Very loosely based on Aristophanes' "The Frogs," the show is a fanciful mélange that is almost indescribable — hyper, nutty, bawdy, savagely hilarious and also wrenching. Culture Clash skewers immigration policy in wickedly wild 'Sapo' 2018-02-09T05:00:00Z

The veteran Chicano theatrical troupe is joined by L.A.-based band Buyepongo for this musical reimagining of Aristophanes’ ancient Greek comedy “The Frogs.” Weekend Picks for Feb. 1-4: 'Astaire Dances,' Culture Clash and more 2018-02-01T05:00:00Z

Sapo The 1970s music scene serves as the setting for Culture Clash's reimagining of Aristophanes' ancient comedy "The Frogs"; with live music by L.A.-based band Buyepongo; may be unsuitable for children under 13. The week ahead in L.A. theater, Jan. 28-Feb. 4: Culture Clash, Kristin Chenoweth and more 2018-01-28T05:00:00Z

TEMPE, Ariz. — In a classroom designed for 32, five students listened attentively last month to an analysis of Aristophanes’ play “The Clouds.” Arizona Republicans Inject Schools of Conservative Thought Into State Universities 2018-02-26T05:00:00Z

The shift seemed to come somewhere around 2015’s “Chi-Raq,” a surreal spin on Aristophanes’ play about the Peloponnesian War, updated to take on the fraught subject of homicide in Chicago. The Culture Caught Up With Spike Lee — Now What? 2017-11-21T05:00:00Z

Ancient Greek playwrights, most notably Aristophanes, perfected the art of political humor, honing the craft of making audiences laugh while poking fun at politicians, political systems, and government bureaucracies. The fall of Kathy Griffin 2017-05-31T04:00:00Z

The original women’s strike is Aristophanes’s play, Lysistrata, in which all the women of Greece go on sex strike to end the Peloponnesian war. Sex bans, strength and solidarity: women’s strikes through the ages 2017-03-07T05:00:00Z

The historical details are hazy, but we know that Socrates was there, along with the playwright Aristophanes and other Athenian notables. The Art of Partying, From Socrates to Capote 2016-11-30T05:00:00Z

In one of the earliest known instances, Greek comic writer Aristophanes thumbed his nose at Athenian political elites in The Acharnians for their handling of the Peloponnesian War. Hamilton vs Trump: The long history of political protest in the theatre - BBC News 2016-11-25T05:00:00Z

A tactic called “Lysistratic nonaction” refers to the Aristophanes play, in which Greek women withhold sex from their men until the men stop fighting wars. Don’t fight fire with fire: How to resist an unjust regime nonviolently 2016-11-21T05:00:00Z

Among the most tantalising of the playwrights whose work has disappeared is Agathon – who appears as a character in both Plato’s philosophical dialogue The Symposium and Aristophanes’s comedy Thesmophoriazusae. The one where Medea saves her kids: lost classics of Greek tragedy 2016-11-10T05:00:00Z

Over these decades, the playwright Aristophanes raised Athenian comedy to its greatest heights. When the Enemy Is at the Gates 2016-10-19T04:00:00Z

She might want to consult Aristophanes’ ancient Greek comedy “The Clouds,” a satire of politicians who overthink. Trump and Bernie: Less Is More 2016-05-18T04:00:00Z

Ms. Smith, an English teacher, is the author of “ Aristophanes at the Thinkery: Eight Comic Adaptations,” forthcoming this fall from Bench Press. Teaching With Judge Bork in Mind 2016-05-11T04:00:00Z

Mrs. Fox had a stint as an off-Broadway producer, putting on works by Aristophanes and Shakespeare at a theater she started over a bagel bakers’ union office on East Houston Street. Yolande Betbeze Fox, a Miss America who rebelled, dies at 87 2016-02-25T05:00:00Z

The Symposium, Plato Plato frames the Symposium as a series of speeches about love delivered by ancient Athenian luminaries — Phaedrus, Aristophanes, Socrates and others. Heartbroken? Here’s a reading list to wallow in this Valentine’s Day. 2016-02-12T05:00:00Z

The modern adaptation of Aristophanes' “Lysistrata” against a backdrop of gang and gun violence in Chicago pulled in an estimated $1.3 million. Box office: 'Krampus' beats expectations ahead of 'Creed,' behind 'Mockingjay' [UPDATED] 2015-12-06T05:00:00Z

With “Chi-Raq” he’s boldly trying something new yet again, adapting the Aristophanes play “Lysistrata” into a contemporary parable set within the culture of guns and gangs on the South Side of Chicago. Spike Lee takes on gun violence with passion and bold creativity in ‘Chi-Raq’ 2015-12-02T05:00:00Z

It’s an updating of Aristophanes’ ancient Greek comedy “Lysistrata,” in which Athenian women wage a sex strike against their warrior men to end the Peloponnesian War. Review: Spike Lee’s blistering ‘Chi-Raq’ burns with rage 2015-12-02T05:00:00Z

A modern retelling of the Greek tragedy "Lysistrata" by Aristophanes, Lee places the title character against a backdrop of gangs and gun violence in that city. Teyonah Parris hopes to 'inspire change' with her role in Spike Lee's 'Chi-Raq' 2015-12-02T05:00:00Z

Lee's satire is based on the ancient Greek play "Lysistrata" by Aristophanes. Spike Lee, John Cusack rip Chicago mayor Rahm Emanuel on 'Chi-Raq' orange carpet 2015-12-01T05:00:00Z

That song is followed by "Scream," a track with agitated guitars, snarling vocals from the Taiwanese rapper Aristophanes, and a chorus that’s basically just one long, guttural yell. On Art Angels, Grimes gives us every version of herself 2015-11-06T05:00:00Z

About 30 years ago, while on vacation in Greece, I travelled to the ancient theatre of Epidaurus to see a comedy by Aristophanes called The Knights. A Point of View: Why the row between Greece and Germany is like a lovers' tiff - BBC News 2015-07-24T04:00:00Z

Aristophanes, in his democratic comedies, subjected politicians who wielded power to satire of eye-watering savagery. Classics for the people – why we should all learn from the ancient Greeks 2015-06-20T04:00:00Z

“Your Honor,” Mr. Bendich shot back, “I didn’t say I would call Mr. Aristophanes.” Al Bendich, Defender of ‘Howl’ and Lenny Bruce’s Comedy, Is Dead at 85 2015-01-13T05:00:00Z

The book will sit along side the works of Aristotle, Austen Jane and Aristophanes, published under the same imprint. AUDIO: Morrissey book published as classic 2013-10-11T09:56:46Z

Any ladies seeking an alternative rejoinder to the R&A's continuing contempt for them are hereby directed towards an Aristophanes quote instead: to be insulted by you is to be garlanded with lilies. The R&A must man up and embrace women as Open heads to Muirfield 2013-05-01T10:48:14Z

Why did Athens between 440 and 380 B.C. produce Plato, Socrates, Thucydides, Herodotus, Euripides, Aeschylus and Aristophanes, all in the same place and time? America’s ‘genius cluster’ in sports 2012-06-29T18:21:33Z

Aristophanes the comedian The most brilliantly inventive of comic playwrights, Aristophanes was happy to mock contemporary Athenian politicians of every stripe. Ancient Greek solution for debt crisis 2012-06-05T23:00:25Z

Come, you shall give a judgment on Aristophanes. The Early Life and Adventures of Sylvia Scarlett 2012-04-26T02:00:17.327Z

It was the scandalous conduct of these young Aristophaneses, whose licentiousness equalled their boldness, which, in 1547, provoked the order of the Parliament against the representation of "mysteries." The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine 2012-04-05T02:00:40.207Z

Aristophanes, his power to provoke mirth, 30; satire of women, 176. Caricature and Other Comic Art in all Times and many Lands. 2012-04-04T02:00:59.277Z

Of the Greek poets, he had Homer strongly imprinted on his memory, together with some of the comedies of Aristophanes; he could directly turn to any line required, and repeat the whole contiguous passage. Curiosities of Human Nature 2012-04-03T02:00:27.167Z

As I cannot at this moment refer to any good verbal index to Aristophanes, I cannot ascertain in what part of his works Scaliger's quotation is to be found. Notes and Queries, Vol. IV, Number 110, December 6, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. 2012-04-03T02:00:26.740Z

He has neither the frank laughter of Aristophanes and Rabelais, nor the frank passion of Catullus and Donne. The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman 2012-03-28T02:00:26.907Z

The Epicurean and the Sceptical schools developed unmolested, and even in the days of Socrates, Aristophanes was able to ridicule the gods upon the stage. History of European Morals From Augustus to Charlemagne (Vol. 1 of 2) 2012-03-28T02:00:20.770Z

Nothing in literature can be found more ludicrous or less becoming, unless we look for it in Aristophanes himself. Caricature and Other Comic Art in all Times and many Lands. 2012-04-04T02:00:59.277Z

Thus, Aristophanes' comedies are turned against modern democracy, and Pindar, the Theban Eagle, has been unceremoniously classed with British Tories, by the London Quarterly. Pencillings by the Way Written During Some Years of Residence and Travel in Europe 2012-03-19T02:00:26.650Z

In this way the great Alexandrian school of Homeric criticism began with Zenodotus, the first chief of the museum, and was continued by Aristophanes and Aristarchus. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 6 "Home, Daniel" to "Hortensius, Quintus" 2012-03-15T02:00:32.250Z

Why can’t you have a play of Aristophanes, or Shakespeare, or Molière? Satires And Profanities 2012-03-14T02:00:24.637Z

Those who believe in the anecdotes of her which fill those scurrilous but entertaining pages cannot consistently refuse to credit also Aristophanes's interpretation of the character of Socrates. The Circus, and Other Essays and Fugitive Pieces 2012-03-12T03:00:26.180Z

And as in Athens, Anacreon, the poet of sensual love, was naturally followed by Aristophanes, a satirist of women, so, in Rome, Ovid's "Art of Love" preceded and will forever explain Juvenal's sixth satire. Caricature and Other Comic Art in all Times and many Lands. 2012-04-04T02:00:59.277Z

For Aristophanes was right—it was the real Paradise of the Greek mind. The Conflict of Religions in the Early Roman Empire 2012-03-11T03:00:13.983Z

Aristophanes, in his Comedy of the Birds, is thought to have given the notions of cosmogony, ancient even in his days. Ophiolatreia An Account of the Rites and Mysteries Connected with the Origin, Rise, and Development of Serpent Worship in Various Parts of the World 2012-03-01T03:00:28.303Z

Is the refrain of the well-known chorus in the Frogs of Aristophanes. Buzz a Buzz or The Bees 2012-02-18T03:00:15.753Z

The number of tributaries is given by Aristophanes as 1000, but this is greatly in excess of those named in the tribute lists. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 10 "David, St" to "Demidov" 2012-02-17T03:00:33.923Z

Aristophanes avows he can show cause why he wrote them, but glances off in a sarcastic reference to Euripides, whose art he says belongs to the closet or the cave, not to the world. Browning and His Century 2012-02-15T03:00:39.033Z

In short, for sheer cleverness Lucian has no rival but Aristophanes in extant Greek literature. The Conflict of Religions in the Early Roman Empire 2012-03-11T03:00:13.983Z

The 'state of Athens—its private, domestic, and public morality—may be seen in Aristophanes. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 6 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Discussions 2012-02-11T03:04:02.353Z

After finishing his studies, he translated some of the Greek tragic poets, and the Clouds of Aristophanes. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 9 "Dagupan" to "David" 2012-02-11T03:03:39.807Z

In 1681 appeared her prose version of Anacreon and Sappho, and in the next few years she published prose versions of Terence and some of the plays of Plautus and Aristophanes. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 8 "Cube" to "Daguerre, Louis" 2012-01-31T03:00:17.257Z

Aristophanes, evidently piqued, does not answer, but makes personal remarks upon the manner of her speech, asking her if she learned tragedy from him—Euripides. Browning and His Century 2012-02-15T03:00:39.033Z

Even Aristophanes was acquainted with some of the species. Principles of Political Economy, Vol. II 2012-01-25T03:00:34.150Z

Study Greek a good deal, reading Thucydides and Aristophanes. Julia Ward Howe 1819-1910 2012-01-24T03:00:23.377Z

It requires a longer familiarity with the mind and heart of antiquity to realise and enjoy the full meaning of Sophocles, Thucydides, or Aristophanes, than of Homer, Euripides, or Theocritus. The Roman Poets of the Republic 2012-01-15T03:00:14.187Z

And again—from a very different quarter—�I had to refer the other day to Aristophanes, and came by chance on a curious Speaking-pot story in the Vesp�, which I had quite forgotten. The Sufistic Quatrains of Omar Khayyam 2012-01-08T03:00:15.553Z

This poem taken, with Balaustion, gives the reader not only a comprehensive view of the historical atmosphere of the time but indirectly shows the poet’s own attitude toward the literary war between Euripides and Aristophanes. Browning and His Century 2012-02-15T03:00:39.033Z

Comic type of a strike of married women in Aristophanes, Lysistrata. Principles of Political Economy, Vol. II 2012-01-25T03:00:34.150Z

I read my new lecture—'Woman as shown by the Greek Dramatists': of whom I quoted from �schylus, Sophocles, and Aristophanes. Julia Ward Howe 1819-1910 2012-01-24T03:00:23.377Z

Next comes the Editio Princeps of Aristophanes, also in folio, and dated 1498, which, like all the other productions of this press at that early date, was printed from large open types with broad margins. Book Collecting: A Guide for Amateurs 2011-12-21T03:00:41.820Z

When, in future days, some of the company looked back upon that evening, its festivities must have seemed to them as one of the jests of him whom Heine called the Aristophanes of Heaven. Henrietta Maria 2011-12-15T03:00:14.290Z

There is no passage in Aristophanes more amusing than the harangue of Muesilochus. Browning and His Century 2012-02-15T03:00:39.033Z

Socrates, when he was ridiculed upon the public stage by Aristophanes, enjoyed the fun and laughed at it. The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi; Volume the First 2011-12-12T03:00:27.507Z

In one respect at least he resembles Aristophanes. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 5 "Greek Law" to "Ground-Squirrel" 2011-12-05T03:00:51.527Z

If immorality be the cry, what shall we say about Aristophanes or Ovid? Essays on Modern Novelists 2011-11-22T03:00:10.817Z

Frere’s literary reputation now rests entirely upon his spirited verse translations of Aristophanes, which remain in many ways unrivalled. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 2 "French Literature" to "Frost, William" 2011-10-14T02:00:26.280Z

Aristophanes replies that it had not been his intention to turn art’s fabric upside down and invent an entirely new species of comedy. Browning and His Century 2012-02-15T03:00:39.033Z

Yet we do not feel that he has succeeded in harmonising these divers elements with the spiritual instinct of an Aristophanes or a Shakespeare. The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi; Volume the First 2011-12-12T03:00:27.507Z

Aristophanes came forward as a comic poet in 427 B.C., and retained his popularity for about forty years. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 5 "Greek Law" to "Ground-Squirrel" 2011-12-05T03:00:51.527Z

From most of the classic authors, such as Homer, Tibullus, Horace, Ovid, Euripides, Aristophanes, Virgil, &c., we gather that every Greek and Roman house had its altar on which fire was ever burning. Fishes, Flowers, and Fire as Elements and Deities in the Phallic Faiths and Worship of the Ancient Religions of Greece, Babylon, 2011-10-13T02:00:41.150Z

The principles according to which he conducted his task were elucidated in an article on Mitchell’s Aristophanes, which he contributed to The Quarterly Review, vol. xxiii. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 2 "French Literature" to "Frost, William" 2011-10-14T02:00:26.280Z

This may be regarded, on the whole, as a good bit of defence on Aristophanes’ part. Browning and His Century 2012-02-15T03:00:39.033Z

There has been no true fun since Aristophanes died. The Travelling Companions a Story in Scenes 2011-10-12T02:00:49.553Z

The Old Comedy, as we see it in the earlier plays of Aristophanes, was probably the most powerful engine of public criticism that has ever existed in any community. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 5 "Greek Law" to "Ground-Squirrel" 2011-12-05T03:00:51.527Z

And Aristophanes, who took The world with mirth, and laughter-struck The hollow caves of Thought and woke The infinite echoes hid in each. The Poetical Works of Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Vol. I 2011-09-20T02:00:18.217Z

Justin confidently affirms that Plato and Aristophanes mention the ancient Sibyl as a prophetess, and he gravely relates concerning her being the daughter of Berosus, who wrote the Chaldean history. Frauds and Follies of the Fathers A Review of the Worth of their Testimony to the Four Gospels 2011-08-30T02:00:32.823Z

Take the consensus of opinion of modern critics and we find them all agreed in regard to the genius of Aristophanes, though admitting that his coarseness must, at times, detract from their enjoyment of him. Browning and His Century 2012-02-15T03:00:39.033Z

The poets of the times, Aristophanes, Sophocles, and afterwards Æschylus, found it necessary, whatever were their private sentiments, to flatter the religious notions of the masses. The Moral and Intellectual Diversity of Races With Particular Reference to Their Respective Influence in the Civil and Political History of Mankind 2011-08-19T02:00:11.867Z

But it did not rain—something else happened: an attack—oh, that the muse of Aristophanes inspire me while I record this—an attack of frogs! Through Shot and Flame The Adventures and Experiences of J. D. Kestell Chaplain to President Steyn and General Christian De Wet 2011-08-16T02:00:45.283Z

Its own literature calls the place an “amusement park” whose attractions were Aristophanes, Darwin and Baudelaire. Stanley Bosworth, Iconoclastic Head of Brooklyn School, Dies at 83 2011-08-12T02:05:49Z

And Aristophanes, in his Knights, says— If trichides were to be a penny a hundred. The Deipnosophists, or Banquet of the Learned of Athen?us 2011-08-02T02:00:21.843Z

This startling scene, being prepared for and not brought in until Aristophanes has done much talking, seems to throw a sudden flash of reality into the poem. Browning and His Century 2012-02-15T03:00:39.033Z

To be convinced of this, it is necessary only to study Aristophanes, whose comedies Plato recommends to the perusal of whoever wishes to become acquainted with the public morals of the city of Minerva. The Moral and Intellectual Diversity of Races With Particular Reference to Their Respective Influence in the Civil and Political History of Mankind 2011-08-19T02:00:11.867Z

Euripides is ridiculed by Aristophanes in “The Frogs” for collecting books. In the Track of the Bookworm 2011-07-19T02:00:23.543Z

What was the true reading in a passage of Aristophanes, what the usage of a certain word in Byzantine Greek,—these were matters on which a man might well reflect and labor. The Teacher Essays and Addresses on Education 2011-07-19T02:00:17.220Z

But when Aristophanes, in his Knights, says— Your fate resembles that of those who hunt For mud-fed eels. The Deipnosophists, or Banquet of the Learned of Athen?us 2011-08-02T02:00:21.843Z

Aristophanes, touched but not convinced, finally insists that he is Athens’ best friend. Browning and His Century 2012-02-15T03:00:39.033Z

Aristophanes’ Apology; including a Transcript from Euripides, being the last adventure of Balaustion. The Browning Cyclop?dia A Guide to the Study of the Works of Robert Browning 2011-07-16T02:00:19.397Z

Aristophanes alludes to them as merry tales, and Plato, while excluding the poets from his ideal republic, admits Aesop as a moral teacher. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 1 "Evangelical Church Conference" to "Fairbairn, Sir William" 2011-07-16T02:00:16.387Z

The after-luncheon oratory was neither more nor less tedious than usual; but we all enjoyed later an admirable presentment by the boys of The Frogs of Aristophanes, with Parry's delightful music. A New Medley of Memories 2011-07-12T02:00:37.147Z

Aristophanes says— Oh you who press your mistress to your arms, All night upon sweet-scented couches lying. The Deipnosophists, or Banquet of the Learned of Athen?us 2011-08-02T02:00:21.843Z

The criticism in this play, as in that of “Balaustion’s Adventure,” may be considered either as representing some phase of contemporary opinion about Aristophanes or as expressing the opinion of the poet himself. Browning and His Century 2012-02-15T03:00:39.033Z

Bacchos bids!” and a sound of revelry and the drunken voices of girl dancers and players, led by Aristophanes, the comic poet of Greece. The Browning Cyclop?dia A Guide to the Study of the Works of Robert Browning 2011-07-16T02:00:19.397Z

Thus Euripides, who, often enough, was neither simple nor naïve, could be parodied, and Aristophanes has shown us with what felicity. The Mystery of Francis Bacon 2011-07-09T02:00:14.663Z

Some of us went over to Radley College for the usual All Saints' play, the Frogs of Aristophanes, in Greek; and it was Greek, no doubt, to the majority of the audience. A New Medley of Memories 2011-07-12T02:00:37.147Z

And Aristophanes also, in his "Clouds," mentions the same birds. The Deipnosophists, or Banquet of the Learned of Athen?us 2011-08-02T02:00:21.843Z

“Aristophanes’ Apology” is a still more remarkable play in its complexity. Browning and His Century 2012-02-15T03:00:39.033Z

The presence of Balaustion has stripped the proper Aristophanes of his “accidents,” and under her searching gaze he stands undisguised to be questioned. The Browning Cyclop?dia A Guide to the Study of the Works of Robert Browning 2011-07-16T02:00:19.397Z

Aristophanes, in the "Birds," introduces a geometer, who announces his intention to make a square circle. The Seven Follies of Science [2nd ed.] A popular account of the most famous scientific impossibilities and the attempts which have been made to solve them. 2011-06-30T02:00:34.290Z

The "Birds" of Aristophanes, in which its part is principal, is full of them; note especially the "fortification of the air with baked bricks, like Babylon," l. Unto This Last and Other Essays on Political Economy 2011-06-29T02:00:26.763Z

And Aristophanes says— I would be content To lose two membranes of the ἐγκέφαλον. The Deipnosophists, or Banquet of the Learned of Athen?us 2011-08-02T02:00:21.843Z

Much of Aristophanes’ defence consists in slurring at Euripides, against whom he waxes more and more fierce as he goes on. Browning and His Century 2012-02-15T03:00:39.033Z

Aristophanes represented the whole Republic,—gods, heroes, priests, legislators, poets—all these would have been in the dust, pummelled into insignificance, had Euripides had his way. The Browning Cyclop?dia A Guide to the Study of the Works of Robert Browning 2011-07-16T02:00:19.397Z

But at last he went drunk into a formal examination, and sent in papers after the manner of Aristophanes, containing capital jokes upon the Dons and Bigwigs themselves. The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 2, September, 1851 2011-06-14T02:00:20.590Z

The Demos was indeed 'the sovran people,' but sovran in the sense of a tyrant, or irresponsible ruler, as Aristophanes tells the Athenians. Problems in Greek history 2011-06-09T02:00:18.427Z

Aristophanes, in his Farmers, says— Then perhaps some one bakes a penny loaf. The Deipnosophists, or Banquet of the Learned of Athen?us 2011-08-02T02:00:21.843Z

Her intellect shines out in her clever management of the argument with Aristophanes, and her ethical fervor in her denunciations of the moral depravity of certain of the plays. Browning and His Century 2012-02-15T03:00:39.033Z

Aristophanes declares the essence of his teaching to be, Accept the old, contest the strange, misdoubt every man whose work is yet to do, acknowledge the work already done. The Browning Cyclop?dia A Guide to the Study of the Works of Robert Browning 2011-07-16T02:00:19.397Z

Aristophanes vainly employed his brilliant genius in blackening his contemporaries; he cannot prevent us loving the Athens of Pericles. The Mantle and Other Stories 2011-05-29T02:00:07.233Z

"What was Jean looking for in Aristophanes when he only wanted to make Thomas Vireloque and Madame de Sta�l talk?" Bijou 2011-05-25T02:00:22.743Z

But Aristophanes, in his Daitaleis, calls soup χόνδρος, saying— He would boil soup, and then put in a fly, And so would give it you to drink. The Deipnosophists, or Banquet of the Learned of Athen?us 2011-08-02T02:00:21.843Z

As to the question of whether a young Greek woman would be likely to criticise Aristophanes in this way, opinion certainly differs. Browning and His Century 2012-02-15T03:00:39.033Z

The Raging Hercules of Euripides, which Balaustion read to Aristophanes, is translated by Mr. Browning in the volume Aristophanes’ Apology. The Browning Cyclop?dia A Guide to the Study of the Works of Robert Browning 2011-07-16T02:00:19.397Z

Molière is, in comparison with Aristophanes, what Corneille is, in comparison with Shakspeare. Lectures on the true, the beautiful and the good 2011-05-25T02:00:17.943Z

Pindar mentions it, and Aristophanes calls it the Persian bird, thus indicating it to have been introduced to Greece through Persia, and it is figured on Babylonian cylinders between the 6th and 7th centuries B.C. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 6 "Foraminifera" to "Fox, Edward" 2011-04-22T02:00:08.637Z

And Aristophanes says— In the first instance, night brings forth a wind egg. The Deipnosophists, or Banquet of the Learned of Athen?us 2011-08-02T02:00:21.843Z

They called him a hater of women; and Aristophanes makes the women of Athens conspire for revenge against him. Browning and His Century 2012-02-15T03:00:39.033Z

He remembers his last discussion with the dead poet, two years since, when he said, “Aristophanes, you know what kind’s the nobler—what makes grave or what makes grin!” The Browning Cyclop?dia A Guide to the Study of the Works of Robert Browning 2011-07-16T02:00:19.397Z

If we were to look over his shoulder we should read on the title page: "The Frogs by Aristophanes, translated from Greek." An Old Story of My Farming Days Vol. III (of III). (Ut Mine Stromtid) 2011-04-14T02:01:02.690Z

Euripides has also been accused, by Aristophanes and by many less entertaining writers, of taking away all the dignity of tragedy. The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 3: Estremoz to Felspar 2011-04-14T02:00:59.373Z

And Aristophanes speaks of tongue as a dish, in his Tryers, in the following words— I've had anchovies quite enough; for I Am stretch'd almost to bursting while I eat Such rich and luscious food. The Deipnosophists, or Banquet of the Learned of Athen?us 2011-08-02T02:00:21.843Z

It is true that Aristophanes did not bring back again the golden days of Greece; true that his comedy revealed a corruption latent in Athenian life. Browning and His Century 2012-02-15T03:00:39.033Z

The friend of Socrates might weave his fancies, but flesh and blood like that of Aristophanes needs stronger meat. The Browning Cyclop?dia A Guide to the Study of the Works of Robert Browning 2011-07-16T02:00:19.397Z

Aristophanes is a Gargantuan mirth-maker; he bestrides the narrow world like a Colossus. The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 1: Deposition to Eberswalde 2011-04-14T02:00:57.977Z

The comic poets, especially Aristophanes, delighted to say that his mother, Cleito, was a cabbage-woman, but there is probably little or no truth in this statement. The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 3: Estremoz to Felspar 2011-04-14T02:00:59.373Z

This is mentioned by Aristophanes, in his Old Age. The Deipnosophists, or Banquet of the Learned of Athen?us 2011-08-02T02:00:21.843Z

Coleridge was justified in claiming the German word Lustspiel for the so-called comedies of Shakespeare, we have a far greater right to appropriate this wide and pregnant title to the plays of Aristophanes. Browning and His Century 2012-02-15T03:00:39.033Z

Aristophanes came nearer home, and attacked infamous abuses of the time, and scourged too with tougher thong than leek-and-onion plait. The Browning Cyclop?dia A Guide to the Study of the Works of Robert Browning 2011-07-16T02:00:19.397Z

The world of the Decameron is not an inverted world, like that of Aristophanes. Renaissance in Italy: Italian Literature Part 1 (of 2) 2011-04-09T02:00:14.990Z

The Helena is not a good play; it was ridiculed by Aristophanes, but he did not succeed in making it much more absurd than it was already. The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 3: Estremoz to Felspar 2011-04-14T02:00:59.373Z

As Aristophanes, in the earlier of his plays, called the Clouds, says— A. Why then do not the magistrates receive The prytanea on the new-moon's day, But on the day before? The Deipnosophists, or Banquet of the Learned of Athen?us 2011-08-02T02:00:21.843Z

After this Balaustion asks Aristophanes if he will commemorate Euripides with them. Browning and His Century 2012-02-15T03:00:39.033Z

Soon they found their tongues and began to make satiric comment, but Aristophanes swore that at the moment death to him seemed life and life seemed death. The Browning Cyclop?dia A Guide to the Study of the Works of Robert Browning 2011-07-16T02:00:19.397Z

From the first, which has perished, Aristophanes parodied the verses introduced in his Frogs; and it was on this work that Ennius formed his Latin Iphigenia. History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume I 2011-04-03T02:00:22.843Z

The women had little cause to congratulate themselves on securing Aristophanes as a champion, for his scorpions are far more stinging then Euripides' whips. The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 3: Estremoz to Felspar 2011-04-14T02:00:59.373Z

And Artemidorus, the false Aristophanes, collected a number of sayings relating to cookery. The Deipnosophists, or Banquet of the Learned of Athen?us 2011-08-02T02:00:21.843Z

However, she does give her reply, which is conducted in a more truly argumentative fashion than the defence of Aristophanes. Browning and His Century 2012-02-15T03:00:39.033Z

And Aristophanes, wielding the comic weapon, closed with the enemy in good honest hate, called Euripides one name and fifty epithets. The Browning Cyclop?dia A Guide to the Study of the Works of Robert Browning 2011-07-16T02:00:19.397Z

It is only from the plays of Aristophanes that we can judge of the spirit of the ancient comedy. History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume I 2011-04-03T02:00:22.843Z

Aristophanes mentions the burning-lens in The Clouds, and the story of Archimedes using a mirror to fire the ships at Syracuse is familiar to every schoolboy. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 4 "Finland" to "Fleury, Andre" 2011-03-20T02:00:30.697Z

But Aristophanes writes the line with the word tortoise instead of limpet. The Deipnosophists, or Banquet of the Learned of Athen?us 2011-08-02T02:00:21.843Z

Aristophanes becomes the scapegoat of Athenian sins, while Euripides shines forth a saint as well as a sage. Browning and His Century 2012-02-15T03:00:39.033Z

It was Euripides who caused the fight, and Aristophanes has beaten him; if, however, Balaustion can adduce anything to contravene this, let her say on.” The Browning Cyclop?dia A Guide to the Study of the Works of Robert Browning 2011-07-16T02:00:19.397Z

The play of Ennius, however, on the same subject, was a version of a tragedy of Euripides, now chiefly known from the ridicule cast on it in the fifth act of Aristophanes’ Feasts of Ceres. History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume I 2011-04-03T02:00:22.843Z

Of the eleven comedies of Aristophanes which have come down to us three are largely devoted to Euripides, and not one has managed altogether to avoid touching him. Euripedes and His Age 2011-03-05T03:00:26.617Z

And Aristophanes says, in his Proagon— Wretch that I am, I've eaten tripe, my son: How can I bear to see a roasted snout? The Deipnosophists, or Banquet of the Learned of Athen?us 2011-08-02T02:00:21.843Z

Although he was at first on good terms with Aristophanes, their relations subsequently became strained, and they accused each other, in most virulent terms, of imitation and plagiarism. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 8 "Ethiopia" to "Evangelical Association" 2011-03-05T03:00:24.537Z

But Aristophanes demands direct defence, and not oblique by admonishment of himself. The Browning Cyclop?dia A Guide to the Study of the Works of Robert Browning 2011-07-16T02:00:19.397Z

Even in its maturity, these topics were not renounced, as appears from the titles of several lost pieces of Aristophanes and his contemporaries. History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume I 2011-04-03T02:00:22.843Z

It was not only that he was utterly alienated from the War Party and the mob leaders: here he only agreed with Aristophanes. Euripedes and His Age 2011-03-05T03:00:26.617Z

And Aristophanes makes mention of the extremities of animals as forming a common dish, in his Æolosicon— And of a truth, plague take it, I have boil'd Four tender pettitoes for you for dinner. The Deipnosophists, or Banquet of the Learned of Athen?us 2011-08-02T02:00:21.843Z

The hostile criticism of Aristophanes was witty; and, moreover, it was true, granting the premise from which Aristophanes starts, that the tragedy of Aeschylus and Sophocles is the only right model. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 8 "Ethiopia" to "Evangelical Association" 2011-03-05T03:00:24.537Z

“Our best friend—lost, our best friend!” mused Aristophanes, “and who is our best friend?” The Browning Cyclop?dia A Guide to the Study of the Works of Robert Browning 2011-07-16T02:00:19.397Z

He believes that Euripides wrote a Medea, which he afterwards revised and altered, in order to obviate the satiric criticisms of Aristophanes. History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume I 2011-04-03T02:00:22.843Z

And the chief enemy, Aristophanes, must, to judge from his parodies, have known a large number of Euripides' ninety-two plays by heart, and been at least half fascinated by the object of his satire. Euripedes and His Age 2011-03-05T03:00:26.617Z

Machon was either a Corinthian or Sicyonian by birth, living, however, in my own city of Alexandria; and he was the tutor of Aristophanes the grammarian, as far as comedy went. The Deipnosophists, or Banquet of the Learned of Athen?us 2011-08-02T02:00:21.843Z

Soon afterwards, in the Frogs, Aristophanes pronounced the epitaph of Attic comedy on Attic tragedy. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 8 "Ethiopia" to "Evangelical Association" 2011-03-05T03:00:24.537Z

Aristophanes, the celebrated comic poet of Athens, was born probably about the year 448 B.C. The Browning Cyclop?dia A Guide to the Study of the Works of Robert Browning 2011-07-16T02:00:19.397Z

Telephus is probably taken from a lost play of Euripides, ridiculed by Aristophanes in his Acharnenses, from a scene of which it would seem that Telephus had appeared on the stage in tattered garments. History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume I 2011-04-03T02:00:22.843Z

Is Aristophanes ironical, and are the scholiasts and grammarians merely stupid? Euripedes and His Age 2011-03-05T03:00:26.617Z

And Aristophanes, in his Ships of Burden, says— O wretched fish, the first of trichides To be immersed in pickle. The Deipnosophists, or Banquet of the Learned of Athen?us 2011-08-02T02:00:21.843Z

Casaubon, in a letter to Scaliger, salutes that scholar as worthy to have lived at Athens with Aristophanes and Euripides—a compliment which certainly implies respect for his correspondent’s powers as a peacemaker. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 8 "Ethiopia" to "Evangelical Association" 2011-03-05T03:00:24.537Z

Plato in his Symposium gives Aristophanes a position at the side of Socrates. The Browning Cyclop?dia A Guide to the Study of the Works of Robert Browning 2011-07-16T02:00:19.397Z

The prologue of the Mostellaria is on the plan adopted by Aristophanes, and that of the Cistellaria is conformable to the practice of our own theatre. History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume I 2011-04-03T02:00:22.843Z

To cleverer men, like Aristophanes, the case would, no doubt, seem rather more complicated. Euripedes and His Age 2011-03-05T03:00:26.617Z

Aristophanes says— And planted by no hand, the arbutus Makes red the sunny hills. The Deipnosophists, or Banquet of the Learned of Athen?us 2011-08-02T02:00:21.843Z

With a lively and fertile fancy Eupolis combined a sound practical judgment; he was reputed to equal Aristophanes in the elegance and purity of his diction, and Cratinus in his command of irony and sarcasm. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 8 "Ethiopia" to "Evangelical Association" 2011-03-05T03:00:24.537Z

Aristophanes never wearied of holding this poet up to ridicule. The Browning Cyclop?dia A Guide to the Study of the Works of Robert Browning 2011-07-16T02:00:19.397Z

They rather resemble the choruses of Aristophanes, which in the Wasps and other plays directly address the audience in favour of the poet, and complain of the unjust reception which his dramas occasionally experienced. History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume I 2011-04-03T02:00:22.843Z

But Aristophanes, amid the many flashes of sympathy he shows for "advanced" women, was not the man to go against his solid conservative audience or to forgo such rich material for jokes. Euripedes and His Age 2011-03-05T03:00:26.617Z

And Aristophanes, in his Proagon, says— But once seeing him when he was sick in the summer, In order to be sick too himself, eat figs at midday. The Deipnosophists, or Banquet of the Learned of Athen?us 2011-08-02T02:00:21.843Z

How the plays of Aristophanes admit us to the public life of Athens! The Three Devils: Luther's, Milton's, and Goethe's With Other Essays 2011-03-03T03:00:54.067Z

Why this was so is not to be discovered: it may have been that the conservative principles of Aristophanes were offended by some new-fashioned ideas of his brother poet. The Browning Cyclop?dia A Guide to the Study of the Works of Robert Browning 2011-07-16T02:00:19.397Z

Aristophanes, in one of his comedies, introduced the jargon of a woman of Lacedæmon, where the Doric dialect was spoken in its rudest form. History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume I 2011-04-03T02:00:22.843Z

Something of this sort is possibly the origin of a famous joke about Euripides' mother, which runs through Aristophanes and is repeated as a fact in all the Lives. Euripedes and His Age 2011-03-05T03:00:26.617Z

And Aristophanes, in his Clouds, writes— Let them prepare a dish of tripe, for me To set before these wise philosophers. The Deipnosophists, or Banquet of the Learned of Athen?us 2011-08-02T02:00:21.843Z

What do we say to Homer, Plato, Æschylus, Sophocles, Euripides, Aristophanes, Thucydides, Aristotle, Demosthenes, and the rest of the great Hellenic cluster which these represent! The Three Devils: Luther's, Milton's, and Goethe's With Other Essays 2011-03-03T03:00:54.067Z

“Aristophanes calls Euripides ‘meteoric,’ because he was always rising into the air; he was famous for allusions to the stars, the sea and the elements. The Browning Cyclop?dia A Guide to the Study of the Works of Robert Browning 2011-07-16T02:00:19.397Z

We can see plainly how important a part of Athenian splendor depended upon their knights, and how true are the hints of Aristophanes about their social standing and aristocratic tone. Rambles and Studies in Greece 2011-02-18T03:00:16.480Z

It was not for nothing that Aristophanes in his Acharnians, thirteen years later, used a parody of this scene in order to plead the dangerous cause of reasonableness towards Sparta. Euripedes and His Age 2011-03-05T03:00:26.617Z

And Aristophanes says in his Gerytades— Obey us now, and glut us with your melodies. The Deipnosophists, or Banquet of the Learned of Athen?us 2011-08-02T02:00:21.843Z

Comedies of Aristophanes translated into familiar blank verse, with notes, preliminary observations on each play, etc. A Catalogue of Books in English Later than 1700 (Vol 1 of 3) Forming a portion of the library of Robert Hoe 2011-02-16T03:00:36.047Z

On their voyage to Rhodes, after the fall of Athens, Balaustion dictated to him the Apology of Aristophanes, which he wrote down on board the vessel. The Browning Cyclop?dia A Guide to the Study of the Works of Robert Browning 2011-07-16T02:00:19.397Z

Can we then wonder at the enthusiastic language of the Homeric Hymn,81 of Pindar,82 of Sophocles,83 of Aristophanes,84 of Plato,85 of Isocrates,86 of Chrysippus87? Rambles and Studies in Greece 2011-02-18T03:00:16.480Z

A good key to the first of these types of play is to be seen in Aristophanes' comedy, The Birds. Euripedes and His Age 2011-03-05T03:00:26.617Z

And Aristophanes, in his Wasps, says— If a man be inclined to purchase orphi, And likes to leave alone the membrades. The Deipnosophists, or Banquet of the Learned of Athen?us 2011-08-02T02:00:21.843Z

He had some odd dislikes, and could find nothing in Aristophanes, Cervantes, Shelley, Scott, Miss Austen, Dickens. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 3 "Electrostatics" to "Engis" 2011-02-06T03:00:53.093Z

Gervinus, in his criticism of this play, compares the satire of the Elizabethen poet with that of Aristophanes, and points out that the Greek dramatist directed his sallies against the living. Shakespeare in the Theatre 2011-01-30T03:00:17.973Z

Aristophanes speaks of it as crying out with mad love of the noonday sun.164 We found it no less eager and busy in late twilight, and far into the night. Rambles and Studies in Greece 2011-02-18T03:00:16.480Z

But there is one thought which often recurs in Euripides in plays of all periods, and is specially thrown in his teeth by Aristophanes. Euripedes and His Age 2011-03-05T03:00:26.617Z

And why need I quote in addition to this the passages from the Tagenistæ of the incomparable Aristophanes? The Deipnosophists, or Banquet of the Learned of Athen?us 2011-08-02T02:00:21.843Z

He edited the Acharnians of Aristophanes, and several of the plays and scholia of Sophocles and Euripides. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 3 "Electrostatics" to "Engis" 2011-02-06T03:00:53.093Z

The building was perhaps more accurately described by Aristophanes, who called it: "The House that welcomed the Myst�," and he carefully distinguished it from the Temple of Demeter. The Eleusinian Mysteries and Rites 2011-01-28T03:00:23.447Z

Probably the Temple of Heracles, worshipped as a god at Athens, which is mentioned in the scholia of Aristophanes as situated in this part of Athens, is to be identified with the building in question. Rambles and Studies in Greece 2011-02-18T03:00:16.480Z

It had apparently the misfortune to be seen by Aristophanes, then a boy about sixteen. Euripedes and His Age 2011-03-05T03:00:26.617Z

Aristophanes has also treated us to a diminutive form of the word, in his Peace— Bring us some good ταρίχιον to the fields And Cephisodorus says, in his Pig— Some middling meat, or some ταρίχιον. The Deipnosophists, or Banquet of the Learned of Athen?us 2011-08-02T02:00:21.843Z

Such comparison is, indeed, implicit in much of Plato and Aristotle as well as in Aristophanes. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 10 "Echinoderma" to "Edward" 2011-01-19T03:00:19.027Z

Among other writers the scene has been described by Aristophanes in The Frogs:— Heracles. The Eleusinian Mysteries and Rites 2011-01-28T03:00:23.447Z

This custom, strange to say, dates from the days of Aristophanes. Rambles and Studies in Greece 2011-02-18T03:00:16.480Z

Votes for women must actually have been on the very centre of the carpet when Aristophanes wrote his "Ecclesiazusae" or "Feminine Parliament." Education: How Old The New 2011-01-14T03:00:54.370Z

And Aristophanes, in his Acharnians, extolling the magnificence of the barbarians, says— A. Then he received me, and to dinner ask'd me, And set before us whole fat oxen roasted. The Deipnosophists, or Banquet of the Learned of Athen?us 2011-08-02T02:00:21.843Z

The literature of succeeding centuries furnishes only isolated references; the more important are found in the scholia on Aristophanes, the lexicons of Hesychius, Photius and others, and the Etymologicum Magnum. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 7 "Arundel, Thomas" to "Athens"

When, returning from an expedition, Socrates repaired to the theatre to witness Aristophanes’ comedy ‘The Clouds,’ he found himself portrayed upon the scene as the central figure of the drama. A Cursory History of Swearing

He must go to Balaustion’s Adventure, or Aristophanes’s Apology, or some other professed translation, and follow it line for line, adding some such general reviews as the Etudes of M. Patin. Rambles and Studies in Greece 2011-02-18T03:00:16.480Z

It is extremely interesting in the light of this to read some of Aristophanes' plays. Education: How Old The New 2011-01-14T03:00:54.370Z

And the admirable Aristophanes has said in his Cocalus— But it is now, O father, altogether noon, When it is right for the young men to sup. The Deipnosophists, or Banquet of the Learned of Athen?us 2011-08-02T02:00:21.843Z

Aristophanes, indeed, abuses this famous lady, but Socrates does her honor. Familiar Letters of John Adams and His Wife Abigail Adams During the Revolution with a Memoir of Mrs. Adams

“Olympian Jupiter!” exclaims Aristophanes, at the mention of that oath, “to think of your believing in Jupiter, as old as you are!” A Cursory History of Swearing

He settled early in Alexandria, where he studied under Aristophanes of Byzantium, whom he succeeded as librarian of the museum. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 5 "Arculf" to "Armour, Philip"

If I had lived in that elder day I should have gone mainly to the plays of Aristophanes. The Ship Dwellers A Story of a Happy Cruise

And Aristophanes says, in his Storks— For if you prosecute one wicked man, Twelve ἐπισίτιοι will come against you, And so defeat you by their evidence. The Deipnosophists, or Banquet of the Learned of Athen?us 2011-08-02T02:00:21.843Z

The Alexandrian critics attributed to him the authorship of four plays previously assigned to Aristophanes. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 4 "Aram, Eugene" to "Arcueil"

In like manner, Aristophanes could afford to trifle with the asseverations of his own Athenian audiences. A Cursory History of Swearing

Aristophanes is for us the representative of the Old Comedy. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 5 "Arculf" to "Armour, Philip"

Here Æschylus and Euripides had their first nights—or days, perhaps, for I believe they were mostly matinees—and Sophocles, too, and here it was that the naughty Aristophanes burlesqued them with his biting parodies. The Ship Dwellers A Story of a Happy Cruise

Aristophanes in his play called The Women who occupy Tents, says— But having had a bellyful of boaces, I turn'd my steps towards home. The Deipnosophists, or Banquet of the Learned of Athen?us 2011-08-02T02:00:21.843Z

Such fables are spoken of both by Aristophanes and Plato. The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 1 A to Amide

The Athenian poets, if we may judge from Aristophanes, confined themselves wholly to the affairs of their own state, and it was their object to point out what they considered beneficial to the people. The History and Antiquities of the Doric Race, Vol. 2 of 2

The first, extending to 420 B.C., includes those plays in which Aristophanes uses an absolutely unrestrained freedom of political satire. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 5 "Arculf" to "Armour, Philip"

Stillingfleet quotes from Aristophanes that “the crane points out the time of sowing” and the kite “when it is time to shear your sheep.” Springtime and Other Essays

And Aristophanes, in his Knights, speaks of the pike taken in the neighbourhood of Miletus as surpassingly good, when he speaks thus:— But you shall not disturb me thus Feasting on Milesian pike. The Deipnosophists, or Banquet of the Learned of Athen?us 2011-08-02T02:00:21.843Z

In truth, the great Frenchman stands, with Aristophanes and Shakespeare, upon a lonely height quite unapproached by lesser devotees of Thalia. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 16

Compare with this the sacrifice in the Peace of Aristophanes. The History and Antiquities of the Doric Race, Vol. 2 of 2

The Acharnians.—Since the defeat in Boeotia the peace party at Athens had gained ground, and in this play Aristophanes seeks to strengthen their hands. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 5 "Arculf" to "Armour, Philip"

But philosophy as taught at Rimini did not attract our hero, and instead of poring over the long passages dictated to him by his professor, he read Plautus, Terence, Aristophanes, and the fragments of Menander. The Comedies of Carlo Goldoni edited with an introduction by Helen Zimmern

Aristophanes, the conservative, the believer in the "good old times," saw, as clearly as Socrates, the disastrous effects worked by the Sophists upon public morals. A Critical History of Greek Philosophy

One of the finest cups in this style is in the Berlin Museum, it is signed by the artists Erginus and Aristophanes, and the subject is the battle of the gods and giants. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 6 "Celtes, Konrad" to "Ceramics"

And, for that matter, these excellent ladies must not put it into their heads that they have created the part, for it existed in the days of Aristophanes. Her Royal Highness Woman

The Knights.—Three years before, in his Babylonians, Aristophanes had assailed Cleon as the typical demagogue. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 5 "Arculf" to "Armour, Philip"

"A toast," he cried, "to Bindle the Incomparable, rival of Aristophanes as a maker of mirth." Bindle Some Chapters in the Life of Joseph Bindle

Aristophanes would not have ventured to introduce such a delusion into his play, had his audience not shared in it. A Critical History of Greek Philosophy

We have seen that Aristophanes, in Greece, knew the Eskimo doctrine that stars are souls of the dead. Custom and Myth New Edition

In a word, you mean to strike, as your sisters did in the good old days of Aristophanes. Her Royal Highness Woman

Aristophanes is one of the men for whom opinion is mainly a matter of feeling, not of reason. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 5 "Arculf" to "Armour, Philip"

"Why, it's Aristophanes," he said with obvious pleasure. Bindle Some Chapters in the Life of Joseph Bindle

But that such a confusion did exist in the popular mind is clearly proved by "The Clouds" of Aristophanes. A Critical History of Greek Philosophy

But the very oddest example of the survival of the notion that the stars are men or women is found in the ‘Pax’ of Aristophanes. Custom and Myth New Edition

"Chantecler" appeared in 1910; it was an attempt to imitate Aristophanes by putting birds and animals on the stage, but though largely advertised it was not a success. The Complete Club Book for Women Including Subjects, Material and References for Study Programs; together with a Constitution and By-Laws; Rules of Order; Instructions how to make a Year Book; Suggestions for Practical Community Work; a Resume of what Some Clubs are Doing, etc., etc.

Aristophanes chiefly devoted himself to the poets, especially Homer, who had already been edited by his master Zenodotus. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 5 "Arculf" to "Armour, Philip"

And if you like, I will lend you Aristophanes, mother, and you may read what came of women imitating such masculine ideas among those clever old Greeks.” Was It Right to Forgive? A Domestic Romance

Aristophanes was a reactionary in thought and politics, and, hating the Sophists as the representatives of modernism, he lampooned them in his comedy, "The Clouds." A Critical History of Greek Philosophy

As in the myth preserved by Aristophanes in the ‘Birds,’ the Australians believe that birds were the original gods, and the eagle, especially, is a great creative power. Custom and Myth New Edition

We distrust him as Aristophanes, Shakespeare, and Dickens did. The Book of This and That

His arguments to the plays of Aristophanes and the tragedians are in great part preserved. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 5 "Arculf" to "Armour, Philip"

For the time, however, the unfinished MS. lay in the drawer of my writing-table; and I went back to Virgil and Aristophanes and scribbled more verses for the Oxford Magazine. My First Book: the experiences of Walter Besant, James Payn, W. Clark Russell, Grant Allen, Hall Caine, George R. Sims, Rudyard Kipling, A. Conan Doyle, M.E. Braddon, F.W. Robinson, H. Rider Haggard, R.M. Ballantyne, I. Zangwill, Morley Roberts, David Christie Murray, Marie Corelli, Jerome K. Jerome, John Strange Winter, Bret Harte, "Q.", Robert Buchanan, Robert Louis Stevenson, with an introduction by Jerome K. Jerome.

In brilliancy of wit he is, among dramatists, inferior only to Aristophanes and Congreve. A Short History of French Literature

“Fools and clowns,” said the gentleman, “call me ‘Mister;’ but I am in reality one of the clowns of Aristophanes; and my real name is Brekekekex Koax! Harper's New Monthly Magazine, No. 22, March, 1852, Volume 4.

The Sausage Seller who aspired to be Cleon's rival, in The Knights of Aristophanes, expounds the whole art of demagogy in his prayer: Ye influential impudential powers Of sauciness and jabber, slang and jaw! The Book of This and That

He was one of the pupils of Aristophanes of Byzantium, who were distinctively called Aristophanei. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 1 "Calhoun" to "Camoens"

I'm blessed if the fellow did n't lay it on like Point Dexter himself; and wind up all with what we can't match, a comic scene from Aristophanes. One Of Them

But he took a less Rabelaisian licence of range than Aristophanes, and he never, like Congreve, allows his action to drift aimlessly while his characters shoot pleasantries at one another. A Short History of French Literature

This practice, though ridiculed by Aristophanes, was too convenient not to be adopted by the successors of Euripides, and Menander transferred it to comedy. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 6 "Dodwell" to "Drama"

The Olympian gods survived for seven centuries after Aristophanes with the help of allegory and 'economy.' The English in the West Indies or, The Bow of Ulysses

He would quiz me about my lessons, as though I were the tutor, and Ecoles the pupil; and ask me how he got on with his Aristophanes or his Homer? That Boy Of Norcott's

Artemidorus, a pupil of Aristophanes, wrote a dictionary of technical terms used in cookery. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 4 "Diameter" to "Dinarchus"

The myth related by Aristophanes in Plato's Symposium has a curious bearing upon Ulrichs' speculations. A Problem in Modern Ethics being an inquiry into the phenomenon of sexual inversion, addressed especially to Medical Psychologists and Jurists

Euripides was not afraid of rags and tatters; but the sarcasms of Aristophanes on this head seem feeble to those who are aware that they would apply to King Lear as well as to Telephus. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 6 "Dodwell" to "Drama"

Moli�re was a Frenchman; his humour is not that of Falstaff, nor of Aristophanes, nor of Gogol. A Novelist on Novels

In Aristophanes and the comic poets generally Athenian women of position were dissolute when they were not stupid, and usually they were both. Historia Amoris: A History of Love, Ancient and Modern

She read Homer, Herodotus, Thucydides, Aristophanes, the Tragedians and Polybius under suitable guidance, and without assistance mastered the writings of the church fathers. Women of Early Christianity

But a good idea of their character can be gained from the opinions of his contemporaries, especially Aristophanes. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 6 "Coucy-le-Château" to "Crocodile"

These characteristics are not features peculiar to Aristophanes. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 6 "Dodwell" to "Drama"

Aristophanes was writing to make people laugh, not to reveal the secrets of the household, and his plays were exclusively for an audience of men. Greek Women

A later echo of it bubbled in the farce of Aristophanes. Historia Amoris: A History of Love, Ancient and Modern

Aristophanes also brings him on in comedy, making the Worse Argument seem the better. Library of the World's Best literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 12

It was occasioned by the sneers of Aristophanes and others, who declared that he was no better than a doting drunkard. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 6 "Coucy-le-Château" to "Crocodile"

Of the later plays of Aristophanes, three77 are without a parabasis, and in the last of those preserved to us which properly belongs to Middle comedy78 the chorus is quite insignificant. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 6 "Dodwell" to "Drama"

He was, in many respects, a daring innovator, and this explains the bitter hostility which Aristophanes, the ultra-conservative, exhibited toward him. Greek Women

This tradition, possibly Orphic, Aristophanes took for text and embroidered it with his usual grotesqueness. Historia Amoris: A History of Love, Ancient and Modern

Aristophanes, in the 'Clouds,' again, remarks:— "And this is he who for Euripides Composed the talkative wise tragedies." Library of the World's Best literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 12

The style of Cratinus has been likened to that of Aeschylus; and Aristophanes, in the Knights, compares him to a rushing torrent. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 6 "Coucy-le-Château" to "Crocodile"

Yet it is possible that the exclusiveness of these tributes is not entirely justifiable; and not all the tragic poets contemporary with the great writers were among the myriad of younglings derided by Aristophanes. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 6 "Dodwell" to "Drama"

Aristophanes represents the world of women as thrown into consternation and revolt through the production of the tragedies of Euripides, such as the Hippolytus, wherein the female sex is so severely arraigned. Greek Women

But whatever Aristophanes may have meant, his views were subsidiary. Historia Amoris: A History of Love, Ancient and Modern

We hear from behind the mask the enormous laughter of Aristophanes, ascending peal above peal until it passes into jubilant ecstasy, or from the uproar springs some exquisite lyric strain. Library of the World's Best literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 12

Yet before his day, three Greek writers of eminence had examined, in more or less fulness, the principles of composition; these were Plato, Isocrates and Aristophanes. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 6 "Coucy-le-Château" to "Crocodile"

The proceedings of the feathered builders of Cloudcuckootown in the Birds of Aristophanes are as true to dramatic probability as are the pranks of Oberon’s fairies in Midsummer Night’s Dream. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 6 "Dodwell" to "Drama"

If he trace the subject back, he will observe that in the dramatic literature of the latter part of the previous century the same problems received the consideration of Euripides and Aristophanes. Greek Women

The origin of its duality Aristophanes then explained. Historia Amoris: A History of Love, Ancient and Modern

Aristophanes regularly turned him into sport for the theatres. Maids Wives and Bachelors

Evanthia had no use for knights, save perhaps those of Aristophanes. Command

Nothing, unfortunately, remains of the plays which justified this language but a few fragments cited by Aristophanes, Plutarch, Lucian, and Athen�us. A Problem in Greek Ethics Being an inquiry into the phenomenon of sexual inversion

Lysistrata therefore, in Aristophanes's play, counsels the women to break their chains, seize the reins of government, and bring the dreadful war to an end. Greek Women

In between was the unexampled reign of beauty during which, after Æschylus and Pindar, came the splendors of Sophocles, the magnificence of Euripides, Socratic wisdom, and the rich, rare laugh of Aristophanes. Historia Amoris: A History of Love, Ancient and Modern

It is that resemblance between the Greek poet and the Venetian writer which has made some critics call Gozzi the Aristophanes of the eighteenth century. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume 20, September, 1877.

Aristophanes, were he alive now, I imagine, instead of aiming his wit at the philosophers, would have a turn with the theologians. The London Pulpit

Of the way in which a Greek boy spent his day, we gain some notion from two passages in Aristophanes and Lucian. A Problem in Greek Ethics Being an inquiry into the phenomenon of sexual inversion

We have thus briefly sketched the indications of the prevalence of the Woman Question in Athens, as presented in the plays of Aristophanes. Greek Women

Aristophanes and Alcibiades came in a later and more brilliant epoch. Historia Amoris: A History of Love, Ancient and Modern

A second volume of lyrics, The Inn of Strange Meetings, was issued in 1871; and in 1872 he produced his longest and best sustained poem, The British Birds, a communication from the Ghost of Aristophanes. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 6 "Cockaigne" to "Columbus, Christopher"

Here they would rend Aristophanes to pieces, he who represented upon the stage the most prominent men of Athens. Sónnica

But his picture of the perfect boy completes, and in some points supplements, that of Aristophanes. A Problem in Greek Ethics Being an inquiry into the phenomenon of sexual inversion

Thus the rustic Strepsiades, in Aristophanes's Clouds, expresses the wish that the feminine matchmaker had perished miserably who had induced him to marry the haughty, luxurious, citified niece of aristocratic Megacles, son of Megacles. Greek Women

But the general attitude of the paper during this time expressed that peculiar tone of mainly Conservative persiflage which has distinguished in literature the great line of writers beginning with Aristophanes. A History of Nineteenth Century Literature (1780-1895)

Her well-groomed little nag was alive, it is true, but some live things creep, and Aristophanes—called Top,—was one of them. Belford's Magazine, Volume II, No. 8, January, 1889

They love farces; a tragedy that would move the Hellenes to tears, leaves them cold; one of Aristophanes' comedies would put them to sleep. Sónnica

The same author pertinently remarks that, though the teaching of Socrates on love might well have been considered perilous, it, formed no part of the accusations of either Anytus or Aristophanes. A Problem in Greek Ethics Being an inquiry into the phenomenon of sexual inversion

The picture which Aristophanes, in his clever bit of satire, presents of the women of his day is an exceedingly repulsive one. Greek Women

Neither, although very fond of the Greek and Roman classics generally, did he seem to enjoy any of the Greek poets except Homer and Pindar and, to some extent, Aristophanes. Studies in Contemporary Biography

The character of Cleon is represented by Aristophanes and Thucydides in an extremely unfavourable light. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 4 "Cincinnatus" to "Cleruchy"

Here the masterpieces of Eschylus, Sophocles, Euripides, and Aristophanes, in the golden days of Grecian glory, gave delight to great audiences. A Trip to the Orient The Story of a Mediterranean Cruise

Only purblind students will be unable to perceive the difference between the obscenity of the Latin races and that of Aristophanes. A Problem in Greek Ethics Being an inquiry into the phenomenon of sexual inversion

Hence coarseness and buffoonery, as elements of comic effect, are continually availed of, and Aristophanes considered that he was witty in maligning the female sex. Greek Women

Tragedy is followed by comedy, sentiment by satire; �schylus is followed by Aristophanes, Horace is followed by Juvenal and Martial; Racine is followed by Voltaire, and Byron by Dickens. Lectures on Russian Literature Pushkin, Gogol, Turgenef, Tolstoy

A contemplated edition of the works of Aristophanes, a task for which he was singularly fitted, was never published. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 4 "Cincinnatus" to "Cleruchy"

It's fair enough to say that Hardy's stories, and still more his poems, paint chiefly the gloomy and hopeless situations in life, just as Mark Twain and Aristophanes painted the comic ones. The Crow's Nest

This appears from the myth of Aristophanes in Plato's Symposium, which expresses in comic form their theory of sexual differentiation. A Problem in Greek Ethics Being an inquiry into the phenomenon of sexual inversion

It would clearly be unfair and even absurd to regard Aristophanes as an accurate expositor of feminine life in Athens. Greek Women

Hence the utter valuelessness to us of to-day of the comedies of Aristophanes as works of wit. Lectures on Russian Literature Pushkin, Gogol, Turgenef, Tolstoy

The first four librarians were Zenodotus, Eratosthenes, Aristophanes of Byzantium, and Aristarchus. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 4 "Cincinnatus" to "Cleruchy"

"Don't I recall your telling me he was the greatest ever, at least since Aristophanes?" Old Crow

Perhaps he has outlived the class whose prejudices and limitations he formerly expressed; but in the days of Aristophanes such a class existed, and it is represented here by the chorus of old gentlemen. Pot-Boilers

But it is a noticeable fact that, from B. C. 411 onward, there is, as seen in the extant plays of Aristophanes, a marked prominence given to the female sex. Greek Women

He might be said to combine the powers of Æschylus and Aristophanes, of Dante and Rabelais, in his own mind. Hazlitt on English Literature An Introduction to the Appreciation of Literature

He also edited Hesiod and Pindar, Euripides and Aristophanes, besides composing brief introductions to the several plays, parts of which are still extant. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 4 "Cincinnatus" to "Cleruchy"

With Zola, the newer men assert that their work makes for morality, exposing as it does public and private abuses, an excuse as classic as Aristophanes. Ivory Apes and Peacocks

The Lysistrata of Aristophanes, acted at Athens in the year B.C. Pot-Boilers

It is a difficult task to attempt to trace in the comedies of Aristophanes the thread of a social movement. Greek Women

Aristophanes of Byzantium, who lived in the third century before the Christian era. the principle of analogy. Hazlitt on English Literature An Introduction to the Appreciation of Literature

The prolegomena to his scholia on Aristophanes supply us with valuable information on the Alexandrian libraries. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 4 "Cincinnatus" to "Cleruchy"

Or it may be the Chorus was composed—as in the comedies of Aristophanes, the greatest humourist the world has ever seen—of birds, or of frogs, or even of clouds. Lectures Delivered in America in 1874

For Aristophanes does not confine himself to driving the blade of his wit into the rotten parts of a bad case; he does not score intellectual points only. Pot-Boilers

As portrayed by Aristophanes, the women of his day manifestly knew how to assert their equality. Greek Women

A comic writer arose, named Aristophanes, who, seeing the Athenians fallen from the greatness of their fathers, tried to laugh them into shame at themselves. Aunt Charlotte's Stories of Greek History

Warburton urged the strongest case against the use of ridicule, in that of Socrates and Aristophanes. Calamities and Quarrels of Authors

Plato she loved and read exhaustively; of Aristotle at this time she had read his Ethics, Poetics, and his work on Rhetoric, and of Aristophanes a few, only, of his plays. The Brownings Their Life and Art

Aristophanes was a staunch Conservative, but he disliked a stupid argument wherever he found it. Pot-Boilers

And yet, and yet, have I not unintentionally surprised him in his cabin devouring “The Unwritten Commandment” or “The Lady’s Realm,” while my Aristophanes is on the settee? An Ocean Tramp

In that comedy, Aristophanes depicts how the Athenian government had reached the point when everything was going at sixes and sevens. Woman under socialism

Warburton here adopted the popular notion, that the witty buffoon Aristophanes was the occasion of the death of the philosopher Socrates. Calamities and Quarrels of Authors

The Substance of it is, That he hath written a strange hotch-potch Farce, and puff’d it upon the Town as written after the manner of Aristophanes and the Pasquinades of the 63 Italian Theatre.— The Covent Garden Theatre, or Pasquin Turn'd Drawcansir

If Aristophanes never succeeded in ruining a party, at least he succeeded in discrediting some pestilent opinions. Pot-Boilers

Agatho and Socrates, Aristophanes and Alcibiades, 273the picked men of ancient Athens; lying comfortably on their couches with the food before them and inviting their souls with wine. Shadow Mountain

Aristophanes little dreamed how he hit the truth while meaning to joke. Woman under socialism

The Socrates of Aristophanes is as truly ridiculous a character as ever was drawn; but it is not the character of Socrates himself. Calamities and Quarrels of Authors

This now, Gentlemen is after the manner of Aristophanes, and the Italian Pasquinades. The Covent Garden Theatre, or Pasquin Turn'd Drawcansir

Things that seemed beautiful or interesting or amusing to Shakespeare or Plato, to Chaucer or Aristophanes, they know, for certain, to be evil. Pot-Boilers

The humour is as broad as that of Aristophanes or Rabelais. Music: An Art and a Language

What all he twitted them with appears best from the speech that a Greek woman flings at him in the "Thesmophoria" of Aristophanes. Woman under socialism

Never let us forget that Socrates before his judges asserted that “his persecution originated in the licensed raillery of Aristophanes, which had so unduly influenced the popular mind during several years!” Calamities and Quarrels of Authors

Aristophanes, Horace, Lucian, Rabelais, Montaigne, Saint-Evremond, these are all Peacock's literary ancestors, each, of course, with his own difference in especial and in addition. Essays in English Literature, 1780-1860

But what Aristophanes thought and felt about the matter is just what we shall not find in this translation. Pot-Boilers

The Knights is struck out to make way for the three plays of Aristophanes mentioned above. How to Form a Library, 2nd ed

The merry Greek, tart Aristophanes, Neat Terence, witty Plautus,8 now not please; But antiquated and deserted lie, As they were not of Nature's family. Six Centuries of English Poetry Tennyson to Chaucer

Aristophanes, Lucian, Rabelais, Erasmus, and Voltaire—to take a few great instances—were all serious in aim and intention. Flowers of Freethought (First Series)

London is full of Limpets; clownings please The well-groom'd mob, though Aristophanes Would miserably bore us. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 98, March 1, 1890

Aristophanes had no intention of making out that they were. Pot-Boilers

A knowledge of the condition of political parties in Athens in 416 B.C. adds immensely to the enjoyment of the readers of Aristophanes; the fun becomes funnier and the daring even more splendid than before. The American Mind The E. T. Earl Lectures

"Christmas Eve and Easter Day"; "Men and Women"; "The Ring and the Book"; "Balaustion's Adventure"; "Fifine at the Fair"; "Aristophanes' Apology," etc. Six Centuries of English Poetry Tennyson to Chaucer

Then it was not a momentary fantasy of the pen, but an abiding mood that had paid blasphemous homage to the "Aristophanes of Heaven." Dreamers of the Ghetto

Aristophanes and Demosthenes are two striking examples of the power great writers have of paralysing critics and obscuring facts. Introduction to the Study of History

For that not the less was Aristophanes permitted to produce in the state theatre at the public cost his fiercely anti-militarist and anti-imperialist play. Pot-Boilers

An Introduction to the Greek Language based upon graded selections from the works of Menander, Euclid, Aristophanes, Plato, Herodotus, and the New Testament. College Teaching Studies in Methods of Teaching in the College

Fools and clowns," said the gentleman, "call me 'Mister;' but I am in reality one of the clowns of Aristophanes; and my real name is Brekekekex Koax! The Book of Anecdotes and Budget of Fun; containing a collection of over one thousand of the most laughable sayings and jokes of celebrated wits and humorists.

Euripides and the Scholiast of Aristophanes also make mention of it as a fatal monster, the enemy of mortals. The Phantom World or, The philosophy of spirits, apparitions, &c, &c.

What comedies of Plautus or Terence or Aristophanes or Menander; what tragedies of Seneca, or of the seven dramatists of Alexandria who were called the "Pleias," were presented here? Out-of-Doors in the Holy Land Impressions of Travel in Body and Spirit

What fondness, too, for study, must have inspired Aristophanes, to dedicate his whole life to literature! The Academic Questions, Treatise De Finibus, and Tusculan Disputations, of M.T. Cicero, With a Sketch of the Greek Philosophers Mentioned by Cicero

Aristophanes ridiculed him as no other reformer has ever been ridiculed, holding him up, by his inimitable wit, to the scorn of the crowded theatre. Orthodoxy: Its Truths And Errors

"Red Cotton Nightcap Country" appeared in the following year; and, after an interval of two years, was followed by "Aristophanes' Apology." Great Men and Famous Women, Vol. 7 A Series of Pen and Pencil Sketches of the Lives of More Than 200 of the Most Prominent Personages in History

This eclipse was observed at Athens, and is mentioned by Aristophanes in his play, The Clouds. Astronomy of To-day A Popular Introduction in Non-Technical Language

The gross obscenities, with which all Aristophanes's comedies abound, have no excuse; they only denote to what a pitch the libertinism of the spectators, and the depravity of the poet, had proceeded. The Ancient History of the Egyptians, Carthaginians, Assyrians, Babylonians, Medes and Persians, Macedonians and Grecians (Vol. 1 of 6)

Sophocles and Euripides were contemporary with Pericles and Phidias; the same age witnessed the Clouds of Aristophanes, the death of Socrates, and the history of Thucydides. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 363, January, 1846

Such was the somewhat tame and vulgar Athens which succeeded to that of Pericles and Aristophanes, and which could not tolerate the spiritual boldness of Socrates. Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 5 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History

At the same time Aristophanes showed in his comedy "Ecclesiazusae" that the community of goods would necessarily lead to the community of wives. British Socialism An Examination of Its Doctrines, Policy, Aims and Practical Proposals

"And Aristophanes! who took The world with mirth, and laughter-struck The hollow caves of Thought, and woke "The infinite echoes hid in each. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 56, Number 349, November, 1844

We must not fancy Aristophanes to have been a person of little consequence in his republic, as the comic writers generally are in our days. The Ancient History of the Egyptians, Carthaginians, Assyrians, Babylonians, Medes and Persians, Macedonians and Grecians (Vol. 1 of 6)

It is a little difficult to handle, in so far as Aristophanes, for dramatic reasons, has equipped Socrates with a whole set of deities. Atheism in Pagan Antiquity

The comedies of Aristophanes are universally regarded as the standard of Attic writing in its greatest purity. Museum of Antiquity A Description of Ancient Life

Aristophanes lived and could have written only in the days when Athenian institutions began to decay. Jewish Literature and Other Essays

There is nothing particularly felicitous in the sketch of "Aristophanes." Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 56, Number 349, November, 1844

The other pieces of Aristophanes abound with strokes still more satirical and severe upon the principal divinities. The Ancient History of the Egyptians, Carthaginians, Assyrians, Babylonians, Medes and Persians, Macedonians and Grecians (Vol. 1 of 6)

Unless this had been so, Aristophanes could not have introduced him as the chief character in his travesty. Atheism in Pagan Antiquity

There is as much system in the comedies of Aristophanes as in the dialogues of Plato. Museum of Antiquity A Description of Ancient Life

Try Aristophanes, Horace, Juvenal, Lucian, Martial; try the modern satirists of all kinds, and you will always find these secondary sources of enjoyment present. A History of the French Novel, Vol. 2 To the Close of the 19th Century

It has little of the subtilty of expression, the variety of cadence, or the intellectual possibility, of the Greek of Homer, Plato, and Aristophanes. Hymns of the Greek Church Translated with Introduction and Notes

None of Aristophanes's pieces explains better his boldness, in speaking upon the most delicate affairs of the state in the crowded theatre, than his comedy called Lysistrata. The Ancient History of the Egyptians, Carthaginians, Assyrians, Babylonians, Medes and Persians, Macedonians and Grecians (Vol. 1 of 6)

Aristophanes's own travesties of the gods, scholars have found evidence for a weakening of popular belief, but this is certainly wrong; comp. Atheism in Pagan Antiquity

Parents were naturally anxious to dispose of their daughters as early as possible, without taking objection to the advanced years of the wooer, as is tersely pointed out by Aristophanes. Museum of Antiquity A Description of Ancient Life

But of this Aristophanes we know nothing, and the vague statements of Servius and Macrobius may be neglected as being without significance for the figure in question. Introduction to the History of Religions Handbooks on the History of Religions, Volume IV

B. The reckless creation of debts as seen in Aristophanes; while outside of Athens slavery for debt lasted yet a long time. Principles Of Political Economy

Such was the comedy, since called the Middle Comedy, of which there are some instances in Aristophanes. The Ancient History of the Egyptians, Carthaginians, Assyrians, Babylonians, Medes and Persians, Macedonians and Grecians (Vol. 1 of 6)

In Aristophanes we meet with the first observations concerning the change in the religious conditions of Athens during the Peloponnesian War. Atheism in Pagan Antiquity

The date of oil-lamps in Greece can not be stated with accuracy; they were known at the time of Aristophanes. Museum of Antiquity A Description of Ancient Life

But who this Aristophanes is, or where he so calls her, we are not informed. Introduction to the History of Religions Handbooks on the History of Religions, Volume IV

In the “Frogs” of Aristophanes, the relation between the slave Xanthias and his master is eloquent testimony to the good treatment he received. Principles Of Political Economy

Aristophanes did that upon the stage, which Demosthenes did afterwards in the public assemblies. The Ancient History of the Egyptians, Carthaginians, Assyrians, Babylonians, Medes and Persians, Macedonians and Grecians (Vol. 1 of 6)

Aristophanes, who is always severe on Euripides, has only one passage directly charging him with being a propagator of atheism; but the accusation is hardly meant to be taken seriously. Atheism in Pagan Antiquity

Very little is known about the life of Aristophanes. Museum of Antiquity A Description of Ancient Life

I thought this odd, because it occurred to me that German was a dead language before Aristophanes was born. The World I Live In

V, was no mere fancy, is proved by the polemic which Aristophanes directs against it in his Ecclesiazuses. Principles Of Political Economy

The satires of Aristophanes neither moved nor irritated him. Christianity and Greek Philosophy or, the relation between spontaneous and reflective thought in Greece and the positive teaching of Christ and His Apostles

The date of this decree is given by a historian as 415 b.c.; that this is correct is seen from a passage in Aristophanes's contemporary drama, The Birds. Atheism in Pagan Antiquity

At a far earlier period Aristophanes speaks of "a transparent substance used to light fires with," usually translated glass. Museum of Antiquity A Description of Ancient Life

Aristophanes and Molière joined for a measure, both talking at once, Molière in Greek and Aristophanes in German. The World I Live In

The "Market of Ideas" came in for a meed of applause, and its authors were compared to Aristophanes. Sentimental Education, Volume II The History of a Young Man

But the horses' shoes of silver, the knives of fine gold, the talking "birds with gold on their wings," as in Aristophanes, are common to all folk-song. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy"

It is well known that Aristophanes chose Socrates as a representative of the modern movement. Atheism in Pagan Antiquity

The same penchant for comedy appears in Down with Knavery, a very free and lively adaptation of the Plutus of Aristophanes. A History of Elizabethan Literature

The sympathies of the author, like those of Aristophanes, were with the old school. Appearances Being Notes of Travel

In the Clouds of Aristophanes, Strepsiades tells Socrates that he has "a notion calculated to deprive of interest"; which is as follows:-- Moon Lore

Aristophanes, in his play The Acharnians, indulges in a flight of satire at the expense of the musical Boeotians, by making a band of Theban pipers play a Boeotian merchant and his slave into town. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy"

The inference to be drawn from all this is simply that the popular Athenian opinion—for we may rest assured that this and the view of Aristophanes are identical—was that the sophists were atheists. Atheism in Pagan Antiquity

One wonders that scholars are any longer allowed even to read Aristophanes—far less translate him. Suspended Judgments Essays on Books and Sensations

The playwright had at least Aristophanes' gift of lampoon, though I doubt whether he had a touch of his genius. Appearances Being Notes of Travel

Comedy also made a great stride during the administration of Pericles; but it was not till his great ascendency was at its height that Aristophanes was born, B.C. Ancient States and Empires

In the death of Aristophanes was involved the death of "the middle comedy," which rapidly declined in the hands of his insufficient successors. The Mirror of Taste, and Dramatic Censor, Vol. I, No. 5, May 1810

Hence what we may infer from the attack of Aristophanes is merely this, that the general public lumped Socrates together with the sophists and more especially regarded him as a godless fellow. Atheism in Pagan Antiquity

I have dragged poor Bottom back to life and made the arms of the Cervantian wind-mill turn and the frogs of Aristophanes croak. Suspended Judgments Essays on Books and Sensations

For, I doubt, modern Japan may deserve lampooning more than the Athens of Aristophanes. Appearances Being Notes of Travel

Perhaps there is not one character of antiquity upon which the opinions of mankind are divided, and so opposite to each other as that of Aristophanes. The Mirror of Taste, and Dramatic Censor, Vol. I, No. 4, April 1810

The new comedy never could have raised its head, had the middle comedy continued to be supported by a succession of such wits as Aristophanes, with new supplies of envenomed personal satire. The Mirror of Taste, and Dramatic Censor, Vol. I, No. 5, May 1810

That is why, both in politics and religion, there have been, ever since Aristophanes, so many great reactionary poets. Visions and Revisions A Book of Literary Devotions

Aristophanes says, "Sable-winged Night produced an egg, from which sprung up like a blossom Eros, the lovely, the desirable, with his glossy golden wings." The Temple of Nature; or, the Origin of Society A Poem, with Philosophical Notes

I see I must put on a lecture in Aristophanes for your special benefit. Tom Brown at Oxford

单词	Aristophanes
例句	Aristophanes In his play The Frogs, the conservative Aristophanes makes repeated sneering references to Euripides’ partiality for books. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z “You know, in ancient Greece, Aristophanes would write plays about how much of a dipshit Socrates was and perform them right there in Athens. Talk about cutthroat, right?” Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z The plot of Aristophanes’ satirical play The Frogs of 405 bc, for instance, like the story of Orpheus and Euridice, concerns a life-or- death poetry and singing competition in the Underworld. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z But in the absence of surviving notation of the music performed with the plays of Aristophanes and others, we must once again resign ourselves to frustration and speculation. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z In his comic play The Clouds, Aristophanes, writing in 420 bc, lampooned rhetoric as the art of weak reasoning, “which by false arguments triumphs over the strong.” Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z Now Mac looks back — way back — to ancient Greek comedy with “The Fre,” which is inspired by Aristophanes’ “The Frogs.” What to See and Experience in New York City This Spring 2020-02-26T05:00:00Z After all, this 411 B.C. romp by Aristophanes is about lusty women who go on a sex strike until their husbands end a long, bloody war. In this ‘Lysistrata,’ sex and war don’t mix 2013-07-25T22:40:24Z To my regret, I was only the second cleverest boy in the school, though I remain the only one to have rewritten the entire works of Aristophanes in blank verse. Digested read: Memoirs by William Rees-Mogg 2011-07-11T20:30:02Z Everybody involved with the awful comedy “Is That a Gun in Your Pocket?...” owes Aristophanes an apology. Review: A Sex-or-Guns Comedy That Might Make Aristophanes Wince 2016-09-15T04:00:00Z Spike Lee’s memorably ambitious new movie “Chi-Raq,” a heartbreaking tragicomic adaptation of Aristophanes’ “Lysistrata” set in present-day Chicago, stands as an eloquent refutation of that thesis. “Chi-Raq”: Spike Lee’s blistering, outrageous satirical assault on a society consumed by violence 2015-12-01T05:00:00Z "Lysistrata" is, of course, the Aristophanes comedy in which a group of Greek women scheme to force their men to end an ongoing war by withholding sexual favors. 'The Uncoupling': a New Jersey high school under 'Lysistrata's' spell 2011-04-06T22:24:04Z Spike Lee's new musical "Chiraq" is based on Aristophanes' Greek comedy "Lysistrata," but it will feature one fewer self-proclaimed deity than previously anticipated. Kanye West won't star in Spike Lee movie, gets honorary Ph.D. instead 2015-05-12T04:00:00Z Derived from Aristophanes’ “The Frogs” and scheduled for 2017, “The Fre” will explore empathy and take place in a mud pit, with flinging encouraged. The Gaudy, Glittery, Gorgeously Subversive World of Taylor Mac 2016-09-14T04:00:00Z And what he recycled there was less a matter of cartons and cans than Aristophanes, Shakespeare, Wagner, Dumas, Gothic novels, ball gowns, B movies, sex manuals and superhero comic books. Review: Charles Ludlam in the Cosmos Where ‘Queens Collide’ 2017-11-10T05:00:00Z A fateful encounter with Aristophanes' "The Frogs" introduced her to, as she writes, "a universe in which the answer to a population struggling with war and political chaos was better drama." Out of Carey Perloff's 'Chaos' comes theatrical harmony 2015-03-27T04:00:00Z That production, “Lysistrata of Aristophanes, an African Version,” was put on by the Federal Theater Project, a program of the New Deal. In Spike Lee's 'Chi-Raq,' It's Women vs. Men, With a Vengeance 2015-12-03T05:00:00Z Recorded mostly in Grimes’ Los Angeles home, Art Angels consists of 14 tracks and includes collaborations with Janelle Monaé and Taiwanese rapper Aristophanes, according to a press release. Watch Grimes' Surreal New Music Video 2015-10-26T04:00:00Z For decades, the Loeb Classical Library published watered-down versions of Greek and Roman texts, only to reverse itself after the 1960s and put back in the dirty words of Aristophanes and others. Mark Twain remains censored, and uncensored 2011-01-07T19:08:15Z Coming in April is his “Aristophanesathon,” which will explore 11 Aristophanes comedies over four and a half hours. A Gilbert & Sullivan Jaunt to Margaritaville 2017-11-27T05:00:00Z He follows talk about comedy from Aristophanes by saying he grew up “a chariot” ride from Greektown in Detroit. On Keegan-Michael Key’s Podcast, a Provocative Case for Sketch Comedy 2021-01-27T05:00:00Z For modern viewers, Aristophanes’ “Lysistrata” may be easier to admire than to like. \| 'Lysistrata': When the Puppets Called a Sex Strike 2011-02-08T23:43:08Z Of course, Euripides being Euripides, a playwright tagged as so woman-hating that his colleague Aristophanes could write a comedy about it, this experiment ends very, very badly. Review: In This Entertaining ‘Bacchae,’ Dionysus Is a Nasty Woman 2018-10-04T04:00:00Z Based on Lysistrata, a satire by Aristophanes, the film follows a group of women on the south side of Chicago who decide to fight gun crime by withholding sex from their men. Spike Lee: female students should go on sex strike to combat campus rape 2015-11-26T05:00:00Z It also faced accusations that its use of satire and Aristophanes’ plot of a sex strike makes light of the gang violence plaguing Chicago’s African-American neighborhoods. In Spike Lee's 'Chi-Raq,' It's Women vs. Men, With a Vengeance 2015-12-03T05:00:00Z Then again, “Lysistrata,” easily Aristophanes’ most performed play, has always spurred debate, and “Chi-Raq” could be seen as part of a historical tradition of African-American adaptations that have set off unanticipated controversies. In Spike Lee's 'Chi-Raq,' It's Women vs. Men, With a Vengeance 2015-12-03T05:00:00Z Her sound was melting and lustrous in the long phrases of the first movement, “Phaedrus,” and alluringly veiled in “Aristophanes.” Music Review: Budapest Festival Orchestra at Avery Fisher Hall 2013-01-22T23:20:20Z But both writers were comedians, each a descendant in his way of Aristophanes. ‘The Life of Saul Bellow: To Fame and Fortune, 1915-1964,’ by Zachary Leader 2015-04-27T04:00:00Z None of them seem to have been especially crippled in life because they know who Aristophanes was. Hooray for “worthless” education! 2014-03-27T17:07:00Z Lysistrata The women of ancient Greece go on a sex strike in hopes of ending the Peloponnesian War in Aristophanes' classic comedy; contains nudity, sexual situations. L.A. theater openings, April 24-May 1: 'A Walk in the Woods' and more 2016-04-21T04:00:00Z The gist and many particulars of the lusty Aristophanes text are retained. In this ‘Lysistrata,’ sex and war don’t mix 2013-07-25T22:40:24Z More than 2,400 years ago, the Greek playwright Aristophanes wrote “Lysistrata,” an antiwar satire in which a group of women endeavor to stop the Peloponnesian War by withholding sex from their husbands. Review: In ‘ms. estrada,’ Campus Feminists Say No to Sex, Yes to Hip-Hop 2018-04-17T04:00:00Z "Inspired by Aristophanes", it turns Socrates from the buffoonish charlatan of the original into a wise, Platonic teacher. Women in Parliament/Socrates and His Clouds – review 2013-06-10T17:03:56Z Our propensity for destruction has been a source of cackling amusement at least since Aristophanes and the age of classical comedy. \| 'Long Story Short': Colin Quinn Performs at 45 Bleecker Street 2010-08-16T21:32:00Z The unsettling play will be offset by lighter fare from Eton, including a treatment of Aristophanes' The Frogs, which Dormandy said is closer to The Mighty Boosh than to the classical work. Edinburgh festival fringe: Eton College turns heads, and careers 2012-08-04T09:47:21Z While the other Phi Beta Kappas are trudging through their Aristophanes, his character is hitting the parties, making contacts and making history. Saying No to College 2012-11-30T22:03:33Z The longest and wildest of the surviving plays of Aristophanes, the great master of the Old Comedy style, “The Birds” is best known today for introducing “Cloud-cuckoo-land” into our cultural vocabulary. Review: Building the Wall (Not That One) in Aristophanes’ ‘The Birds’ 2018-05-06T04:00:00Z Aristophanes left us “Lysistrata,” a comedy about women who withhold sex until their men agree to give up war. Review: A Sex-or-Guns Comedy That Might Make Aristophanes Wince 2016-09-15T04:00:00Z The comic playwright Aristophanes in the 5th century BC pointed the finger at those clever rhetoricians whose weasel, winning words made what was in fact bad seem good, and vice versa. What makes a great speech? 2011-02-26T00:07:28Z In Aristophanes’ bawdy “Lysistrata” — 411 B.C. — a group of Greek wives deny their husbands sex until the men agree to negotiate a peaceful end to the Peloponnesian War. The Week Ahead: May 15 ? 21 2011-05-13T18:51:39Z Whether women are agents in or the objects of Aristophanes’s satire has always been in the eye of the beholder. In Spike Lee's 'Chi-Raq,' It's Women vs. Men, With a Vengeance 2015-12-03T05:00:00Z And while Art Buchwald, the syndicated humor columnist, was no Aristophanes, he was working in that ancient tradition with his collection of pieces on Watergate, published as “I Am Not a Crook.” ‘I Have Passed the Point of Reacting’: How the Watergate News Cycle Reads Today 2017-07-02T04:00:00Z Later, she summarized “The Birds,” the Aristophanes comedy, comparing the walls in its plot to walls between Palestine and Israel and the United States and Mexico, calling them “complicated.” Music Review: Laurie Anderson Gets Political at River to River Shows 2013-06-20T22:39:21Z The film's premise is borrowed from the ribald Aristophanes Greek comedy "Lysistrata" -— instead of a sex strike in ancient Greece, the story is set against the backdrop of gun violence in present-day Chicago. Break down of ‘Chi-Raq’ trailer: locations, stars and plot 2015-11-05T05:00:00Z In that regard, the actors bring to mind Euripides’ “The Bacchae” as much as they do Aristophanes. Review: Building the Wall (Not That One) in Aristophanes’ ‘The Birds’ 2018-05-06T04:00:00Z “He was in Aristophanes’s ‘The Birds,’ playing a servant who gets tangled up in his robe as he made his entrance down a ramp,” Mr. Keach said of Mr. Kaminsky in a telephone interview. Howard Kaminsky, Publisher With a Best-Seller Sense, Dies at 77 2017-08-29T04:00:00Z I actually now wonder how many really young kids grew up thinking for a while that "Aristophanes" was a synonym for "ridiculous." Review: Building the Wall (Not That One) in Aristophanes’ ‘The Birds’ 2018-05-06T04:00:00Z “Chi-Raq” is a loose adaptation of Aristophanes’ comedy “Lysistrata,” from 411 B.C., about a group of women who withhold sex from men in order to get them to end the ruinous Peloponnesian War. Spike Lee’s Necessary, Overwhelming “Chi-Raq” 2015-12-09T05:00:00Z “The Hang” certainly gets its digs at Aristophanes. Taylor Mac’s ‘Fever Dream’: Exploring the Philosophy of the Hang 2022-01-20T05:00:00Z There is a place for cross-dressing in comedy; it’s as old as Aristophanes and as popular as “Some Like It Hot” and “Tootsie” and Dame Edna. The TV Watch: ?Are You There, Chelsea?? Enters Female Sitcom Fray 2012-01-10T21:08:56Z The show, based on the Aristophanes comedy, originally had been done 20 years earlier in the Yale University swimming pool. Perfectionist. Genius. Icon. That was Stephen Sondheim 2021-11-26T05:00:00Z It goes back to ancient Greece – think of Aristophanes' The Frogs, for example, and the little bottle of oil that crops up everywhere. Letters: Cinematic myths and historical facts 2011-02-05T00:05:50Z “Scream” is an industrial showcase for nimble Taiwanese artist Aristophanes, who raps in Mandarin and is accompanied by coos, screams and what sounds like a marching band. Grimes wages battle with herself on the wild and wonderful ‘Art Angels’ 2015-11-09T05:00:00Z On Friday night, Grimes took “Scream,” a song from that album featuring a rap in Chinese by the Taiwanese rapper Aristophanes, and did her own rap in Russian instead. At Moogfest, a Demonstration of What Human and Machine Can Accomplish 2016-05-23T04:00:00Z It’s why the plays of Aristophanes continue to be performed, why vampire tales still ignite the imagination, why “Doctor Who” never goes out of style. “Community” botches damage control 2012-05-24T16:00:00Z As Lynch points out, one of the earliest references to women withholding sex as leverage to try and sway men is in Aristophanes' comedy "Lysistrata." Withholding sex is not the answer to abortion bans: The spectacle of celebrity "pro-choice" activism 2021-09-08T04:00:00Z The bones of Aristophanes’ original central debate have been retained, as have some of the gorgeous catalogs of names used for purposes of description and invocation. Review: Building the Wall (Not That One) in Aristophanes’ ‘The Birds’ 2018-05-06T04:00:00Z Anyway, in this movie the jokes aren’t on the leads; they’re on the supporting figures, who in comedies from Aristophanes to Apatow, have always been given the custard pie of derision. The Intouchables: France's Biggest Hit Dares You to Resist Its Charms 2012-05-24T14:23:28Z One famous play by Aristophanes, Lysistrata, was set in the Peloponnesian War. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z “Playwrights like Aristophanes were there to make fun of the rulers but also to make our hearts bleed about the tragedy of humankind,” Ms. Evangelatos said. For Early Democracy, Theater Was a Catalyst 2022-10-06T04:00:00Z Socrates is depicted in several of Aristophanes’s comedic plays. Introduction to Philosophy 2022-06-15T00:00:00Z A librarian in Alexandria, Egypt, Aristophanes of Byzantium, thought the system could stand improving. Perspective \| You can quote me: ‘Doesn’t anybody know how to use punctuation any more?’ 2022-02-13T05:00:00Z Instead he decided his future lay as a serious stage actor and he was offered a leading role in a production of Aristophanes' comedy Lysistrata in 1946. Obituary: Iconic black actor Sidney Poitier 2022-01-07T05:00:00Z You might miss points of contact hidden in the text — as when Seymour dubs a rare owl Trustyfriend, a name he probably picked up from Zeno’s teachings on Aristophanes’ “The Birds.” Review: Anthony Doerr asks us to save ourselves by looking beyond ourselves 2021-09-28T04:00:00Z The twists and turns of Aristophanes’ farce aren’t always well managed. Review: Liza plus Aristophanes equals the bedazzling camp of 'Lizastrata' at the Getty Villa 2021-09-13T04:00:00Z Aristophanes, an accomplished Athenian playwright, won several dramatic competitions of his day. Introduction to Philosophy 2022-06-15T00:00:00Z These included dots that Aristophanes suggested be inserted in manuscripts to denote a pause. Perspective \| You can quote me: ‘Doesn’t anybody know how to use punctuation any more?’ 2022-02-13T05:00:00Z He came across a reference to Ariphrades made by a playwright of more enduring fame, Aristophanes. "More pleasure, more sex, more fun": An L.A. writer draws lessons from ancient Greece 2021-08-16T04:00:00Z Aristophanes is a reference to my previous column, where I mentioned that classics scholars still debate what certain lines in the Greek’s plays mean. Perspective \| Some people just don’t get it. Cultural references, I mean. 2021-07-25T04:00:00Z That equilibrium is not quite there at the Getty Villa, but the zany Troubadour update is the truest to Aristophanes of any American production I’ve seen. Review: Liza plus Aristophanes equals the bedazzling camp of 'Lizastrata' at the Getty Villa 2021-09-13T04:00:00Z Aristophanes’s depiction of Socrates is ridiculous, and Plato appears to think that this depiction is partially responsible for Socrates’s ultimate trial and death. Introduction to Philosophy 2022-06-15T00:00:00Z The most famous work by Aristophanes is “The Frogs,” whose plot centers on a competition between the dead poets Euripides and Aeschylus over whose tragic plays are more inspiring for Athenians. Perspective \| Whether it’s a Greek play or an American sitcom, nothing lasts forever 2021-07-04T04:00:00Z I don’t know if a revival of “Hamilton” 2,000 years from now is going to resonate with people, whereas Aristophanes still does. "More pleasure, more sex, more fun": An L.A. writer draws lessons from ancient Greece 2021-08-16T04:00:00Z Maybe a future piece will add the comic playwright Aristophanes to the discussion. Feedback: The coronavirus toll on art, theater and TV 2020-04-17T04:00:00Z Aristophanes would have fiendish fun whisking our dear leader off to some imaginary circus world. Oedipus Rex vs. President Trump: Leaders reveal themselves in times of plague 2020-03-26T04:00:00Z Aristophanes wrote it during a murderous war between Athens and Sparta that seemed to have no end. Too filthy to print – Aubrey Beardsley and his explosions of obscenity 2020-02-28T05:00:00Z The animated short was intended as the first installment of a feature-length adaptation of the Aristophanes play “Lysistrata,” in which women withhold sex in an attempt to end the Peloponnesian War. Richard Williams, Oscar-winning animator behind ‘Who Framed Roger Rabbit,’ dies at 86 2019-08-19T04:00:00Z There’s this idea that this poet, Aaron Poochigian, talks about — he did a translation of Aristophanes’ plays and he talked about patriotic obscenity. "More pleasure, more sex, more fun": An L.A. writer draws lessons from ancient Greece 2021-08-16T04:00:00Z In Aristophanes’s play “Lysistrata,” the eponymous ancient Greek heroine convenes women from across the Hellenistic world to forswear sex until such time as their husbands agree to end the Peloponnesian War. Opinion \| The #SexStrike wasn’t real. Why was there so much coverage? 2019-05-15T04:00:00Z In ancient Athens, the well-born playwright Aristophanes attempted to undermine a demagogue named Cleon through a series of satirical plays, staged before thousands. Perspective \| Yes, Trump is undignified. Demagogues have to be. 2019-03-08T05:00:00Z As his young life entered its premature twilight, he found sensual solace in Aristophanes’ Lysistrata, a play about love defeating death – or, in Greek, Eros defeating Thanatos. Too filthy to print – Aubrey Beardsley and his explosions of obscenity 2020-02-28T05:00:00Z I could get fed up with all that and read Eco and Foucault and Aristophanes and Shakespeare for a change and still do perfectly good philosophy. Philosophy Has Made Plenty of Progress 2018-11-04T04:00:00Z The first time I read Aristophanes’ play “The Frogs,” I was struck by how much it referenced other writers of the period, which felt very modern to me. "More pleasure, more sex, more fun": An L.A. writer draws lessons from ancient Greece 2021-08-16T04:00:00Z I asked Hippocrates an impertinent question about his legendary baldness, I watched Herodotus draw many long faces while discussing the imbroglio between city-states and, at a symposium, I helped Sophocles prank Aristophanes. Review \| ’Assassin’s Creed Odyssey’ is very entertaining. If you have the time to truly play it. 2018-10-05T04:00:00Z While something unimaginable in Aristophanes's day may well now be seen as progressive - not all viewers were happy. What difference would an all-female government make? 2018-09-05T04:00:00Z In Aristophanes’ 2,400-year-old allegorical comedy, women of ancient Greece band together to withhold sex until their men stop their pointless armed conflict. In 'Lysistrata Unbound,' the women go to war against war 2018-06-22T04:00:00Z With its forward-looking swipes at gender inequality and social hypocrisy, Aristophanes’ subversive comedy has been running, on and off, since 411 BC. The 99 Seat Beat: ‘Lysistrata' at the Odyssey, '100 Aprils' at Rogue Machine, plus a 'Monster Mash' 2018-06-08T04:00:00Z The withholding of sexual favours has often been portrayed as a powerful weapon for women determined to get their way, and it all dates back to Aristophanes' racy Greek comedy Lysistrata. The world's strangest strikes 2018-05-06T04:00:00Z As he imagined the stop in ancient Greece, he spoke of his expectation that he would bump into Pluto, Aristotle, Socrates, Euripides and Aristophanes. Martin Luther King's last 31 hours: the story of his final prophetic speech 2018-04-04T04:00:00Z I myself have derived great pleasure and intellectual stimulation from reading, analyzing and discussing the works of Aristophanes, Thucydides and Aristotle, along with many others. Arizona Republicans Inject Schools of Conservative Thought Into State Universities 2018-02-26T05:00:00Z And then you have ancient Greeks and Lysistrata, the Aristophanes play where women give up sex. From Ice Age dildos to VR, an academic explains the history and future of sex toys 2018-02-14T05:00:00Z Very loosely based on Aristophanes' "The Frogs," the show is a fanciful mélange that is almost indescribable — hyper, nutty, bawdy, savagely hilarious and also wrenching. Culture Clash skewers immigration policy in wickedly wild 'Sapo' 2018-02-09T05:00:00Z The veteran Chicano theatrical troupe is joined by L.A.-based band Buyepongo for this musical reimagining of Aristophanes’ ancient Greek comedy “The Frogs.” Weekend Picks for Feb. 1-4: 'Astaire Dances,' Culture Clash and more 2018-02-01T05:00:00Z Sapo The 1970s music scene serves as the setting for Culture Clash's reimagining of Aristophanes' ancient comedy "The Frogs"; with live music by L.A.-based band Buyepongo; may be unsuitable for children under 13. The week ahead in L.A. theater, Jan. 28-Feb. 4: Culture Clash, Kristin Chenoweth and more 2018-01-28T05:00:00Z TEMPE, Ariz. — In a classroom designed for 32, five students listened attentively last month to an analysis of Aristophanes’ play “The Clouds.” Arizona Republicans Inject Schools of Conservative Thought Into State Universities 2018-02-26T05:00:00Z The shift seemed to come somewhere around 2015’s “Chi-Raq,” a surreal spin on Aristophanes’ play about the Peloponnesian War, updated to take on the fraught subject of homicide in Chicago. The Culture Caught Up With Spike Lee — Now What? 2017-11-21T05:00:00Z Ancient Greek playwrights, most notably Aristophanes, perfected the art of political humor, honing the craft of making audiences laugh while poking fun at politicians, political systems, and government bureaucracies. The fall of Kathy Griffin 2017-05-31T04:00:00Z The original women’s strike is Aristophanes’s play, Lysistrata, in which all the women of Greece go on sex strike to end the Peloponnesian war. Sex bans, strength and solidarity: women’s strikes through the ages 2017-03-07T05:00:00Z The historical details are hazy, but we know that Socrates was there, along with the playwright Aristophanes and other Athenian notables. The Art of Partying, From Socrates to Capote 2016-11-30T05:00:00Z In one of the earliest known instances, Greek comic writer Aristophanes thumbed his nose at Athenian political elites in The Acharnians for their handling of the Peloponnesian War. Hamilton vs Trump: The long history of political protest in the theatre - BBC News 2016-11-25T05:00:00Z A tactic called “Lysistratic nonaction” refers to the Aristophanes play, in which Greek women withhold sex from their men until the men stop fighting wars. Don’t fight fire with fire: How to resist an unjust regime nonviolently 2016-11-21T05:00:00Z Among the most tantalising of the playwrights whose work has disappeared is Agathon – who appears as a character in both Plato’s philosophical dialogue The Symposium and Aristophanes’s comedy Thesmophoriazusae. The one where Medea saves her kids: lost classics of Greek tragedy 2016-11-10T05:00:00Z Over these decades, the playwright Aristophanes raised Athenian comedy to its greatest heights. When the Enemy Is at the Gates 2016-10-19T04:00:00Z She might want to consult Aristophanes’ ancient Greek comedy “The Clouds,” a satire of politicians who overthink. Trump and Bernie: Less Is More 2016-05-18T04:00:00Z Ms. Smith, an English teacher, is the author of “ Aristophanes at the Thinkery: Eight Comic Adaptations,” forthcoming this fall from Bench Press. Teaching With Judge Bork in Mind 2016-05-11T04:00:00Z Mrs. Fox had a stint as an off-Broadway producer, putting on works by Aristophanes and Shakespeare at a theater she started over a bagel bakers’ union office on East Houston Street. Yolande Betbeze Fox, a Miss America who rebelled, dies at 87 2016-02-25T05:00:00Z The Symposium, Plato Plato frames the Symposium as a series of speeches about love delivered by ancient Athenian luminaries — Phaedrus, Aristophanes, Socrates and others. Heartbroken? Here’s a reading list to wallow in this Valentine’s Day. 2016-02-12T05:00:00Z The modern adaptation of Aristophanes' “Lysistrata” against a backdrop of gang and gun violence in Chicago pulled in an estimated $1.3 million. Box office: 'Krampus' beats expectations ahead of 'Creed,' behind 'Mockingjay' [UPDATED] 2015-12-06T05:00:00Z With “Chi-Raq” he’s boldly trying something new yet again, adapting the Aristophanes play “Lysistrata” into a contemporary parable set within the culture of guns and gangs on the South Side of Chicago. Spike Lee takes on gun violence with passion and bold creativity in ‘Chi-Raq’ 2015-12-02T05:00:00Z It’s an updating of Aristophanes’ ancient Greek comedy “Lysistrata,” in which Athenian women wage a sex strike against their warrior men to end the Peloponnesian War. Review: Spike Lee’s blistering ‘Chi-Raq’ burns with rage 2015-12-02T05:00:00Z A modern retelling of the Greek tragedy "Lysistrata" by Aristophanes, Lee places the title character against a backdrop of gangs and gun violence in that city. Teyonah Parris hopes to 'inspire change' with her role in Spike Lee's 'Chi-Raq' 2015-12-02T05:00:00Z Lee's satire is based on the ancient Greek play "Lysistrata" by Aristophanes. Spike Lee, John Cusack rip Chicago mayor Rahm Emanuel on 'Chi-Raq' orange carpet 2015-12-01T05:00:00Z That song is followed by "Scream," a track with agitated guitars, snarling vocals from the Taiwanese rapper Aristophanes, and a chorus that’s basically just one long, guttural yell. On Art Angels, Grimes gives us every version of herself 2015-11-06T05:00:00Z About 30 years ago, while on vacation in Greece, I travelled to the ancient theatre of Epidaurus to see a comedy by Aristophanes called The Knights. A Point of View: Why the row between Greece and Germany is like a lovers' tiff - BBC News 2015-07-24T04:00:00Z Aristophanes, in his democratic comedies, subjected politicians who wielded power to satire of eye-watering savagery. Classics for the people – why we should all learn from the ancient Greeks 2015-06-20T04:00:00Z “Your Honor,” Mr. Bendich shot back, “I didn’t say I would call Mr. Aristophanes.” Al Bendich, Defender of ‘Howl’ and Lenny Bruce’s Comedy, Is Dead at 85 2015-01-13T05:00:00Z The book will sit along side the works of Aristotle, Austen Jane and Aristophanes, published under the same imprint. AUDIO: Morrissey book published as classic 2013-10-11T09:56:46Z Any ladies seeking an alternative rejoinder to the R&A's continuing contempt for them are hereby directed towards an Aristophanes quote instead: to be insulted by you is to be garlanded with lilies. The R&A must man up and embrace women as Open heads to Muirfield 2013-05-01T10:48:14Z Why did Athens between 440 and 380 B.C. produce Plato, Socrates, Thucydides, Herodotus, Euripides, Aeschylus and Aristophanes, all in the same place and time? America’s ‘genius cluster’ in sports 2012-06-29T18:21:33Z Aristophanes the comedian The most brilliantly inventive of comic playwrights, Aristophanes was happy to mock contemporary Athenian politicians of every stripe. Ancient Greek solution for debt crisis 2012-06-05T23:00:25Z Come, you shall give a judgment on Aristophanes. The Early Life and Adventures of Sylvia Scarlett 2012-04-26T02:00:17.327Z It was the scandalous conduct of these young Aristophaneses, whose licentiousness equalled their boldness, which, in 1547, provoked the order of the Parliament against the representation of "mysteries." The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine 2012-04-05T02:00:40.207Z Aristophanes, his power to provoke mirth, 30; satire of women, 176. Caricature and Other Comic Art in all Times and many Lands. 2012-04-04T02:00:59.277Z Of the Greek poets, he had Homer strongly imprinted on his memory, together with some of the comedies of Aristophanes; he could directly turn to any line required, and repeat the whole contiguous passage. Curiosities of Human Nature 2012-04-03T02:00:27.167Z As I cannot at this moment refer to any good verbal index to Aristophanes, I cannot ascertain in what part of his works Scaliger's quotation is to be found. Notes and Queries, Vol. IV, Number 110, December 6, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. 2012-04-03T02:00:26.740Z He has neither the frank laughter of Aristophanes and Rabelais, nor the frank passion of Catullus and Donne. The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman 2012-03-28T02:00:26.907Z The Epicurean and the Sceptical schools developed unmolested, and even in the days of Socrates, Aristophanes was able to ridicule the gods upon the stage. History of European Morals From Augustus to Charlemagne (Vol. 1 of 2) 2012-03-28T02:00:20.770Z Nothing in literature can be found more ludicrous or less becoming, unless we look for it in Aristophanes himself. Caricature and Other Comic Art in all Times and many Lands. 2012-04-04T02:00:59.277Z Thus, Aristophanes' comedies are turned against modern democracy, and Pindar, the Theban Eagle, has been unceremoniously classed with British Tories, by the London Quarterly. Pencillings by the Way Written During Some Years of Residence and Travel in Europe 2012-03-19T02:00:26.650Z In this way the great Alexandrian school of Homeric criticism began with Zenodotus, the first chief of the museum, and was continued by Aristophanes and Aristarchus. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 6 "Home, Daniel" to "Hortensius, Quintus" 2012-03-15T02:00:32.250Z Why can’t you have a play of Aristophanes, or Shakespeare, or Molière? Satires And Profanities 2012-03-14T02:00:24.637Z Those who believe in the anecdotes of her which fill those scurrilous but entertaining pages cannot consistently refuse to credit also Aristophanes's interpretation of the character of Socrates. The Circus, and Other Essays and Fugitive Pieces 2012-03-12T03:00:26.180Z And as in Athens, Anacreon, the poet of sensual love, was naturally followed by Aristophanes, a satirist of women, so, in Rome, Ovid's "Art of Love" preceded and will forever explain Juvenal's sixth satire. Caricature and Other Comic Art in all Times and many Lands. 2012-04-04T02:00:59.277Z For Aristophanes was right—it was the real Paradise of the Greek mind. The Conflict of Religions in the Early Roman Empire 2012-03-11T03:00:13.983Z Aristophanes, in his Comedy of the Birds, is thought to have given the notions of cosmogony, ancient even in his days. Ophiolatreia An Account of the Rites and Mysteries Connected with the Origin, Rise, and Development of Serpent Worship in Various Parts of the World 2012-03-01T03:00:28.303Z Is the refrain of the well-known chorus in the Frogs of Aristophanes. Buzz a Buzz or The Bees 2012-02-18T03:00:15.753Z The number of tributaries is given by Aristophanes as 1000, but this is greatly in excess of those named in the tribute lists. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 10 "David, St" to "Demidov" 2012-02-17T03:00:33.923Z Aristophanes avows he can show cause why he wrote them, but glances off in a sarcastic reference to Euripides, whose art he says belongs to the closet or the cave, not to the world. Browning and His Century 2012-02-15T03:00:39.033Z In short, for sheer cleverness Lucian has no rival but Aristophanes in extant Greek literature. The Conflict of Religions in the Early Roman Empire 2012-03-11T03:00:13.983Z The 'state of Athens—its private, domestic, and public morality—may be seen in Aristophanes. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 6 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Discussions 2012-02-11T03:04:02.353Z After finishing his studies, he translated some of the Greek tragic poets, and the Clouds of Aristophanes. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 9 "Dagupan" to "David" 2012-02-11T03:03:39.807Z In 1681 appeared her prose version of Anacreon and Sappho, and in the next few years she published prose versions of Terence and some of the plays of Plautus and Aristophanes. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 8 "Cube" to "Daguerre, Louis" 2012-01-31T03:00:17.257Z Aristophanes, evidently piqued, does not answer, but makes personal remarks upon the manner of her speech, asking her if she learned tragedy from him—Euripides. Browning and His Century 2012-02-15T03:00:39.033Z Even Aristophanes was acquainted with some of the species. Principles of Political Economy, Vol. II 2012-01-25T03:00:34.150Z Study Greek a good deal, reading Thucydides and Aristophanes. Julia Ward Howe 1819-1910 2012-01-24T03:00:23.377Z It requires a longer familiarity with the mind and heart of antiquity to realise and enjoy the full meaning of Sophocles, Thucydides, or Aristophanes, than of Homer, Euripides, or Theocritus. The Roman Poets of the Republic 2012-01-15T03:00:14.187Z And again—from a very different quarter—�I had to refer the other day to Aristophanes, and came by chance on a curious Speaking-pot story in the Vesp�, which I had quite forgotten. The Sufistic Quatrains of Omar Khayyam 2012-01-08T03:00:15.553Z This poem taken, with Balaustion, gives the reader not only a comprehensive view of the historical atmosphere of the time but indirectly shows the poet’s own attitude toward the literary war between Euripides and Aristophanes. Browning and His Century 2012-02-15T03:00:39.033Z Comic type of a strike of married women in Aristophanes, Lysistrata. Principles of Political Economy, Vol. II 2012-01-25T03:00:34.150Z I read my new lecture—'Woman as shown by the Greek Dramatists': of whom I quoted from �schylus, Sophocles, and Aristophanes. Julia Ward Howe 1819-1910 2012-01-24T03:00:23.377Z Next comes the Editio Princeps of Aristophanes, also in folio, and dated 1498, which, like all the other productions of this press at that early date, was printed from large open types with broad margins. Book Collecting: A Guide for Amateurs 2011-12-21T03:00:41.820Z When, in future days, some of the company looked back upon that evening, its festivities must have seemed to them as one of the jests of him whom Heine called the Aristophanes of Heaven. Henrietta Maria 2011-12-15T03:00:14.290Z There is no passage in Aristophanes more amusing than the harangue of Muesilochus. Browning and His Century 2012-02-15T03:00:39.033Z Socrates, when he was ridiculed upon the public stage by Aristophanes, enjoyed the fun and laughed at it. The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi; Volume the First 2011-12-12T03:00:27.507Z In one respect at least he resembles Aristophanes. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 5 "Greek Law" to "Ground-Squirrel" 2011-12-05T03:00:51.527Z If immorality be the cry, what shall we say about Aristophanes or Ovid? Essays on Modern Novelists 2011-11-22T03:00:10.817Z Frere’s literary reputation now rests entirely upon his spirited verse translations of Aristophanes, which remain in many ways unrivalled. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 2 "French Literature" to "Frost, William" 2011-10-14T02:00:26.280Z Aristophanes replies that it had not been his intention to turn art’s fabric upside down and invent an entirely new species of comedy. Browning and His Century 2012-02-15T03:00:39.033Z Yet we do not feel that he has succeeded in harmonising these divers elements with the spiritual instinct of an Aristophanes or a Shakespeare. The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi; Volume the First 2011-12-12T03:00:27.507Z Aristophanes came forward as a comic poet in 427 B.C., and retained his popularity for about forty years. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 5 "Greek Law" to "Ground-Squirrel" 2011-12-05T03:00:51.527Z From most of the classic authors, such as Homer, Tibullus, Horace, Ovid, Euripides, Aristophanes, Virgil, &c., we gather that every Greek and Roman house had its altar on which fire was ever burning. Fishes, Flowers, and Fire as Elements and Deities in the Phallic Faiths and Worship of the Ancient Religions of Greece, Babylon, 2011-10-13T02:00:41.150Z The principles according to which he conducted his task were elucidated in an article on Mitchell’s Aristophanes, which he contributed to The Quarterly Review, vol. xxiii. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 2 "French Literature" to "Frost, William" 2011-10-14T02:00:26.280Z This may be regarded, on the whole, as a good bit of defence on Aristophanes’ part. Browning and His Century 2012-02-15T03:00:39.033Z There has been no true fun since Aristophanes died. The Travelling Companions a Story in Scenes 2011-10-12T02:00:49.553Z The Old Comedy, as we see it in the earlier plays of Aristophanes, was probably the most powerful engine of public criticism that has ever existed in any community. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 5 "Greek Law" to "Ground-Squirrel" 2011-12-05T03:00:51.527Z And Aristophanes, who took The world with mirth, and laughter-struck The hollow caves of Thought and woke The infinite echoes hid in each. The Poetical Works of Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Vol. I 2011-09-20T02:00:18.217Z Justin confidently affirms that Plato and Aristophanes mention the ancient Sibyl as a prophetess, and he gravely relates concerning her being the daughter of Berosus, who wrote the Chaldean history. Frauds and Follies of the Fathers A Review of the Worth of their Testimony to the Four Gospels 2011-08-30T02:00:32.823Z Take the consensus of opinion of modern critics and we find them all agreed in regard to the genius of Aristophanes, though admitting that his coarseness must, at times, detract from their enjoyment of him. Browning and His Century 2012-02-15T03:00:39.033Z The poets of the times, Aristophanes, Sophocles, and afterwards Æschylus, found it necessary, whatever were their private sentiments, to flatter the religious notions of the masses. The Moral and Intellectual Diversity of Races With Particular Reference to Their Respective Influence in the Civil and Political History of Mankind 2011-08-19T02:00:11.867Z But it did not rain—something else happened: an attack—oh, that the muse of Aristophanes inspire me while I record this—an attack of frogs! Through Shot and Flame The Adventures and Experiences of J. D. Kestell Chaplain to President Steyn and General Christian De Wet 2011-08-16T02:00:45.283Z Its own literature calls the place an “amusement park” whose attractions were Aristophanes, Darwin and Baudelaire. Stanley Bosworth, Iconoclastic Head of Brooklyn School, Dies at 83 2011-08-12T02:05:49Z And Aristophanes, in his Knights, says— If trichides were to be a penny a hundred. The Deipnosophists, or Banquet of the Learned of Athen?us 2011-08-02T02:00:21.843Z This startling scene, being prepared for and not brought in until Aristophanes has done much talking, seems to throw a sudden flash of reality into the poem. Browning and His Century 2012-02-15T03:00:39.033Z To be convinced of this, it is necessary only to study Aristophanes, whose comedies Plato recommends to the perusal of whoever wishes to become acquainted with the public morals of the city of Minerva. The Moral and Intellectual Diversity of Races With Particular Reference to Their Respective Influence in the Civil and Political History of Mankind 2011-08-19T02:00:11.867Z Euripides is ridiculed by Aristophanes in “The Frogs” for collecting books. In the Track of the Bookworm 2011-07-19T02:00:23.543Z What was the true reading in a passage of Aristophanes, what the usage of a certain word in Byzantine Greek,—these were matters on which a man might well reflect and labor. The Teacher Essays and Addresses on Education 2011-07-19T02:00:17.220Z But when Aristophanes, in his Knights, says— Your fate resembles that of those who hunt For mud-fed eels. The Deipnosophists, or Banquet of the Learned of Athen?us 2011-08-02T02:00:21.843Z Aristophanes, touched but not convinced, finally insists that he is Athens’ best friend. Browning and His Century 2012-02-15T03:00:39.033Z Aristophanes’ Apology; including a Transcript from Euripides, being the last adventure of Balaustion. The Browning Cyclop?dia A Guide to the Study of the Works of Robert Browning 2011-07-16T02:00:19.397Z Aristophanes alludes to them as merry tales, and Plato, while excluding the poets from his ideal republic, admits Aesop as a moral teacher. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 1 "Evangelical Church Conference" to "Fairbairn, Sir William" 2011-07-16T02:00:16.387Z The after-luncheon oratory was neither more nor less tedious than usual; but we all enjoyed later an admirable presentment by the boys of The Frogs of Aristophanes, with Parry's delightful music. A New Medley of Memories 2011-07-12T02:00:37.147Z Aristophanes says— Oh you who press your mistress to your arms, All night upon sweet-scented couches lying. The Deipnosophists, or Banquet of the Learned of Athen?us 2011-08-02T02:00:21.843Z The criticism in this play, as in that of “Balaustion’s Adventure,” may be considered either as representing some phase of contemporary opinion about Aristophanes or as expressing the opinion of the poet himself. Browning and His Century 2012-02-15T03:00:39.033Z Bacchos bids!” and a sound of revelry and the drunken voices of girl dancers and players, led by Aristophanes, the comic poet of Greece. The Browning Cyclop?dia A Guide to the Study of the Works of Robert Browning 2011-07-16T02:00:19.397Z Thus Euripides, who, often enough, was neither simple nor naïve, could be parodied, and Aristophanes has shown us with what felicity. The Mystery of Francis Bacon 2011-07-09T02:00:14.663Z Some of us went over to Radley College for the usual All Saints' play, the Frogs of Aristophanes, in Greek; and it was Greek, no doubt, to the majority of the audience. A New Medley of Memories 2011-07-12T02:00:37.147Z And Aristophanes also, in his "Clouds," mentions the same birds. The Deipnosophists, or Banquet of the Learned of Athen?us 2011-08-02T02:00:21.843Z “Aristophanes’ Apology” is a still more remarkable play in its complexity. Browning and His Century 2012-02-15T03:00:39.033Z The presence of Balaustion has stripped the proper Aristophanes of his “accidents,” and under her searching gaze he stands undisguised to be questioned. The Browning Cyclop?dia A Guide to the Study of the Works of Robert Browning 2011-07-16T02:00:19.397Z Aristophanes, in the "Birds," introduces a geometer, who announces his intention to make a square circle. The Seven Follies of Science [2nd ed.] A popular account of the most famous scientific impossibilities and the attempts which have been made to solve them. 2011-06-30T02:00:34.290Z The "Birds" of Aristophanes, in which its part is principal, is full of them; note especially the "fortification of the air with baked bricks, like Babylon," l. Unto This Last and Other Essays on Political Economy 2011-06-29T02:00:26.763Z And Aristophanes says— I would be content To lose two membranes of the ἐγκέφαλον. The Deipnosophists, or Banquet of the Learned of Athen?us 2011-08-02T02:00:21.843Z Much of Aristophanes’ defence consists in slurring at Euripides, against whom he waxes more and more fierce as he goes on. Browning and His Century 2012-02-15T03:00:39.033Z Aristophanes represented the whole Republic,—gods, heroes, priests, legislators, poets—all these would have been in the dust, pummelled into insignificance, had Euripides had his way. The Browning Cyclop?dia A Guide to the Study of the Works of Robert Browning 2011-07-16T02:00:19.397Z But at last he went drunk into a formal examination, and sent in papers after the manner of Aristophanes, containing capital jokes upon the Dons and Bigwigs themselves. The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 2, September, 1851 2011-06-14T02:00:20.590Z The Demos was indeed 'the sovran people,' but sovran in the sense of a tyrant, or irresponsible ruler, as Aristophanes tells the Athenians. Problems in Greek history 2011-06-09T02:00:18.427Z Aristophanes, in his Farmers, says— Then perhaps some one bakes a penny loaf. The Deipnosophists, or Banquet of the Learned of Athen?us 2011-08-02T02:00:21.843Z Her intellect shines out in her clever management of the argument with Aristophanes, and her ethical fervor in her denunciations of the moral depravity of certain of the plays. Browning and His Century 2012-02-15T03:00:39.033Z Aristophanes declares the essence of his teaching to be, Accept the old, contest the strange, misdoubt every man whose work is yet to do, acknowledge the work already done. The Browning Cyclop?dia A Guide to the Study of the Works of Robert Browning 2011-07-16T02:00:19.397Z Aristophanes vainly employed his brilliant genius in blackening his contemporaries; he cannot prevent us loving the Athens of Pericles. The Mantle and Other Stories 2011-05-29T02:00:07.233Z "What was Jean looking for in Aristophanes when he only wanted to make Thomas Vireloque and Madame de Sta�l talk?" Bijou 2011-05-25T02:00:22.743Z But Aristophanes, in his Daitaleis, calls soup χόνδρος, saying— He would boil soup, and then put in a fly, And so would give it you to drink. The Deipnosophists, or Banquet of the Learned of Athen?us 2011-08-02T02:00:21.843Z As to the question of whether a young Greek woman would be likely to criticise Aristophanes in this way, opinion certainly differs. Browning and His Century 2012-02-15T03:00:39.033Z The Raging Hercules of Euripides, which Balaustion read to Aristophanes, is translated by Mr. Browning in the volume Aristophanes’ Apology. The Browning Cyclop?dia A Guide to the Study of the Works of Robert Browning 2011-07-16T02:00:19.397Z Molière is, in comparison with Aristophanes, what Corneille is, in comparison with Shakspeare. Lectures on the true, the beautiful and the good 2011-05-25T02:00:17.943Z Pindar mentions it, and Aristophanes calls it the Persian bird, thus indicating it to have been introduced to Greece through Persia, and it is figured on Babylonian cylinders between the 6th and 7th centuries B.C. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 6 "Foraminifera" to "Fox, Edward" 2011-04-22T02:00:08.637Z And Aristophanes says— In the first instance, night brings forth a wind egg. The Deipnosophists, or Banquet of the Learned of Athen?us 2011-08-02T02:00:21.843Z They called him a hater of women; and Aristophanes makes the women of Athens conspire for revenge against him. Browning and His Century 2012-02-15T03:00:39.033Z He remembers his last discussion with the dead poet, two years since, when he said, “Aristophanes, you know what kind’s the nobler—what makes grave or what makes grin!” The Browning Cyclop?dia A Guide to the Study of the Works of Robert Browning 2011-07-16T02:00:19.397Z If we were to look over his shoulder we should read on the title page: "The Frogs by Aristophanes, translated from Greek." An Old Story of My Farming Days Vol. III (of III). (Ut Mine Stromtid) 2011-04-14T02:01:02.690Z Euripides has also been accused, by Aristophanes and by many less entertaining writers, of taking away all the dignity of tragedy. The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 3: Estremoz to Felspar 2011-04-14T02:00:59.373Z And Aristophanes speaks of tongue as a dish, in his Tryers, in the following words— I've had anchovies quite enough; for I Am stretch'd almost to bursting while I eat Such rich and luscious food. The Deipnosophists, or Banquet of the Learned of Athen?us 2011-08-02T02:00:21.843Z It is true that Aristophanes did not bring back again the golden days of Greece; true that his comedy revealed a corruption latent in Athenian life. Browning and His Century 2012-02-15T03:00:39.033Z The friend of Socrates might weave his fancies, but flesh and blood like that of Aristophanes needs stronger meat. The Browning Cyclop?dia A Guide to the Study of the Works of Robert Browning 2011-07-16T02:00:19.397Z Aristophanes is a Gargantuan mirth-maker; he bestrides the narrow world like a Colossus. The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 1: Deposition to Eberswalde 2011-04-14T02:00:57.977Z The comic poets, especially Aristophanes, delighted to say that his mother, Cleito, was a cabbage-woman, but there is probably little or no truth in this statement. The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 3: Estremoz to Felspar 2011-04-14T02:00:59.373Z This is mentioned by Aristophanes, in his Old Age. The Deipnosophists, or Banquet of the Learned of Athen?us 2011-08-02T02:00:21.843Z Coleridge was justified in claiming the German word Lustspiel for the so-called comedies of Shakespeare, we have a far greater right to appropriate this wide and pregnant title to the plays of Aristophanes. Browning and His Century 2012-02-15T03:00:39.033Z Aristophanes came nearer home, and attacked infamous abuses of the time, and scourged too with tougher thong than leek-and-onion plait. The Browning Cyclop?dia A Guide to the Study of the Works of Robert Browning 2011-07-16T02:00:19.397Z The world of the Decameron is not an inverted world, like that of Aristophanes. Renaissance in Italy: Italian Literature Part 1 (of 2) 2011-04-09T02:00:14.990Z The Helena is not a good play; it was ridiculed by Aristophanes, but he did not succeed in making it much more absurd than it was already. The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 3: Estremoz to Felspar 2011-04-14T02:00:59.373Z As Aristophanes, in the earlier of his plays, called the Clouds, says— A. Why then do not the magistrates receive The prytanea on the new-moon's day, But on the day before? The Deipnosophists, or Banquet of the Learned of Athen?us 2011-08-02T02:00:21.843Z After this Balaustion asks Aristophanes if he will commemorate Euripides with them. Browning and His Century 2012-02-15T03:00:39.033Z Soon they found their tongues and began to make satiric comment, but Aristophanes swore that at the moment death to him seemed life and life seemed death. The Browning Cyclop?dia A Guide to the Study of the Works of Robert Browning 2011-07-16T02:00:19.397Z From the first, which has perished, Aristophanes parodied the verses introduced in his Frogs; and it was on this work that Ennius formed his Latin Iphigenia. History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume I 2011-04-03T02:00:22.843Z The women had little cause to congratulate themselves on securing Aristophanes as a champion, for his scorpions are far more stinging then Euripides' whips. The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 3: Estremoz to Felspar 2011-04-14T02:00:59.373Z And Artemidorus, the false Aristophanes, collected a number of sayings relating to cookery. The Deipnosophists, or Banquet of the Learned of Athen?us 2011-08-02T02:00:21.843Z However, she does give her reply, which is conducted in a more truly argumentative fashion than the defence of Aristophanes. Browning and His Century 2012-02-15T03:00:39.033Z And Aristophanes, wielding the comic weapon, closed with the enemy in good honest hate, called Euripides one name and fifty epithets. The Browning Cyclop?dia A Guide to the Study of the Works of Robert Browning 2011-07-16T02:00:19.397Z It is only from the plays of Aristophanes that we can judge of the spirit of the ancient comedy. History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume I 2011-04-03T02:00:22.843Z Aristophanes mentions the burning-lens in The Clouds, and the story of Archimedes using a mirror to fire the ships at Syracuse is familiar to every schoolboy. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 4 "Finland" to "Fleury, Andre" 2011-03-20T02:00:30.697Z But Aristophanes writes the line with the word tortoise instead of limpet. The Deipnosophists, or Banquet of the Learned of Athen?us 2011-08-02T02:00:21.843Z Aristophanes becomes the scapegoat of Athenian sins, while Euripides shines forth a saint as well as a sage. Browning and His Century 2012-02-15T03:00:39.033Z It was Euripides who caused the fight, and Aristophanes has beaten him; if, however, Balaustion can adduce anything to contravene this, let her say on.” The Browning Cyclop?dia A Guide to the Study of the Works of Robert Browning 2011-07-16T02:00:19.397Z The play of Ennius, however, on the same subject, was a version of a tragedy of Euripides, now chiefly known from the ridicule cast on it in the fifth act of Aristophanes’ Feasts of Ceres. History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume I 2011-04-03T02:00:22.843Z Of the eleven comedies of Aristophanes which have come down to us three are largely devoted to Euripides, and not one has managed altogether to avoid touching him. Euripedes and His Age 2011-03-05T03:00:26.617Z And Aristophanes says, in his Proagon— Wretch that I am, I've eaten tripe, my son: How can I bear to see a roasted snout? The Deipnosophists, or Banquet of the Learned of Athen?us 2011-08-02T02:00:21.843Z Although he was at first on good terms with Aristophanes, their relations subsequently became strained, and they accused each other, in most virulent terms, of imitation and plagiarism. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 8 "Ethiopia" to "Evangelical Association" 2011-03-05T03:00:24.537Z But Aristophanes demands direct defence, and not oblique by admonishment of himself. The Browning Cyclop?dia A Guide to the Study of the Works of Robert Browning 2011-07-16T02:00:19.397Z Even in its maturity, these topics were not renounced, as appears from the titles of several lost pieces of Aristophanes and his contemporaries. History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume I 2011-04-03T02:00:22.843Z It was not only that he was utterly alienated from the War Party and the mob leaders: here he only agreed with Aristophanes. Euripedes and His Age 2011-03-05T03:00:26.617Z And Aristophanes makes mention of the extremities of animals as forming a common dish, in his Æolosicon— And of a truth, plague take it, I have boil'd Four tender pettitoes for you for dinner. The Deipnosophists, or Banquet of the Learned of Athen?us 2011-08-02T02:00:21.843Z The hostile criticism of Aristophanes was witty; and, moreover, it was true, granting the premise from which Aristophanes starts, that the tragedy of Aeschylus and Sophocles is the only right model. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 8 "Ethiopia" to "Evangelical Association" 2011-03-05T03:00:24.537Z “Our best friend—lost, our best friend!” mused Aristophanes, “and who is our best friend?” The Browning Cyclop?dia A Guide to the Study of the Works of Robert Browning 2011-07-16T02:00:19.397Z He believes that Euripides wrote a Medea, which he afterwards revised and altered, in order to obviate the satiric criticisms of Aristophanes. History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume I 2011-04-03T02:00:22.843Z And the chief enemy, Aristophanes, must, to judge from his parodies, have known a large number of Euripides' ninety-two plays by heart, and been at least half fascinated by the object of his satire. Euripedes and His Age 2011-03-05T03:00:26.617Z Machon was either a Corinthian or Sicyonian by birth, living, however, in my own city of Alexandria; and he was the tutor of Aristophanes the grammarian, as far as comedy went. The Deipnosophists, or Banquet of the Learned of Athen?us 2011-08-02T02:00:21.843Z Soon afterwards, in the Frogs, Aristophanes pronounced the epitaph of Attic comedy on Attic tragedy. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 8 "Ethiopia" to "Evangelical Association" 2011-03-05T03:00:24.537Z Aristophanes, the celebrated comic poet of Athens, was born probably about the year 448 B.C. The Browning Cyclop?dia A Guide to the Study of the Works of Robert Browning 2011-07-16T02:00:19.397Z Telephus is probably taken from a lost play of Euripides, ridiculed by Aristophanes in his Acharnenses, from a scene of which it would seem that Telephus had appeared on the stage in tattered garments. History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume I 2011-04-03T02:00:22.843Z Is Aristophanes ironical, and are the scholiasts and grammarians merely stupid? Euripedes and His Age 2011-03-05T03:00:26.617Z And Aristophanes, in his Ships of Burden, says— O wretched fish, the first of trichides To be immersed in pickle. The Deipnosophists, or Banquet of the Learned of Athen?us 2011-08-02T02:00:21.843Z Casaubon, in a letter to Scaliger, salutes that scholar as worthy to have lived at Athens with Aristophanes and Euripides—a compliment which certainly implies respect for his correspondent’s powers as a peacemaker. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 8 "Ethiopia" to "Evangelical Association" 2011-03-05T03:00:24.537Z Plato in his Symposium gives Aristophanes a position at the side of Socrates. The Browning Cyclop?dia A Guide to the Study of the Works of Robert Browning 2011-07-16T02:00:19.397Z The prologue of the Mostellaria is on the plan adopted by Aristophanes, and that of the Cistellaria is conformable to the practice of our own theatre. History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume I 2011-04-03T02:00:22.843Z To cleverer men, like Aristophanes, the case would, no doubt, seem rather more complicated. Euripedes and His Age 2011-03-05T03:00:26.617Z Aristophanes says— And planted by no hand, the arbutus Makes red the sunny hills. The Deipnosophists, or Banquet of the Learned of Athen?us 2011-08-02T02:00:21.843Z With a lively and fertile fancy Eupolis combined a sound practical judgment; he was reputed to equal Aristophanes in the elegance and purity of his diction, and Cratinus in his command of irony and sarcasm. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 8 "Ethiopia" to "Evangelical Association" 2011-03-05T03:00:24.537Z Aristophanes never wearied of holding this poet up to ridicule. The Browning Cyclop?dia A Guide to the Study of the Works of Robert Browning 2011-07-16T02:00:19.397Z They rather resemble the choruses of Aristophanes, which in the Wasps and other plays directly address the audience in favour of the poet, and complain of the unjust reception which his dramas occasionally experienced. History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume I 2011-04-03T02:00:22.843Z But Aristophanes, amid the many flashes of sympathy he shows for "advanced" women, was not the man to go against his solid conservative audience or to forgo such rich material for jokes. Euripedes and His Age 2011-03-05T03:00:26.617Z And Aristophanes, in his Proagon, says— But once seeing him when he was sick in the summer, In order to be sick too himself, eat figs at midday. The Deipnosophists, or Banquet of the Learned of Athen?us 2011-08-02T02:00:21.843Z How the plays of Aristophanes admit us to the public life of Athens! The Three Devils: Luther's, Milton's, and Goethe's With Other Essays 2011-03-03T03:00:54.067Z Why this was so is not to be discovered: it may have been that the conservative principles of Aristophanes were offended by some new-fashioned ideas of his brother poet. The Browning Cyclop?dia A Guide to the Study of the Works of Robert Browning 2011-07-16T02:00:19.397Z Aristophanes, in one of his comedies, introduced the jargon of a woman of Lacedæmon, where the Doric dialect was spoken in its rudest form. History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume I 2011-04-03T02:00:22.843Z Something of this sort is possibly the origin of a famous joke about Euripides' mother, which runs through Aristophanes and is repeated as a fact in all the Lives. Euripedes and His Age 2011-03-05T03:00:26.617Z And Aristophanes, in his Clouds, writes— Let them prepare a dish of tripe, for me To set before these wise philosophers. The Deipnosophists, or Banquet of the Learned of Athen?us 2011-08-02T02:00:21.843Z What do we say to Homer, Plato, Æschylus, Sophocles, Euripides, Aristophanes, Thucydides, Aristotle, Demosthenes, and the rest of the great Hellenic cluster which these represent! The Three Devils: Luther's, Milton's, and Goethe's With Other Essays 2011-03-03T03:00:54.067Z “Aristophanes calls Euripides ‘meteoric,’ because he was always rising into the air; he was famous for allusions to the stars, the sea and the elements. The Browning Cyclop?dia A Guide to the Study of the Works of Robert Browning 2011-07-16T02:00:19.397Z We can see plainly how important a part of Athenian splendor depended upon their knights, and how true are the hints of Aristophanes about their social standing and aristocratic tone. Rambles and Studies in Greece 2011-02-18T03:00:16.480Z It was not for nothing that Aristophanes in his Acharnians, thirteen years later, used a parody of this scene in order to plead the dangerous cause of reasonableness towards Sparta. Euripedes and His Age 2011-03-05T03:00:26.617Z And Aristophanes says in his Gerytades— Obey us now, and glut us with your melodies. The Deipnosophists, or Banquet of the Learned of Athen?us 2011-08-02T02:00:21.843Z Comedies of Aristophanes translated into familiar blank verse, with notes, preliminary observations on each play, etc. A Catalogue of Books in English Later than 1700 (Vol 1 of 3) Forming a portion of the library of Robert Hoe 2011-02-16T03:00:36.047Z On their voyage to Rhodes, after the fall of Athens, Balaustion dictated to him the Apology of Aristophanes, which he wrote down on board the vessel. The Browning Cyclop?dia A Guide to the Study of the Works of Robert Browning 2011-07-16T02:00:19.397Z Can we then wonder at the enthusiastic language of the Homeric Hymn,81 of Pindar,82 of Sophocles,83 of Aristophanes,84 of Plato,85 of Isocrates,86 of Chrysippus87? Rambles and Studies in Greece 2011-02-18T03:00:16.480Z A good key to the first of these types of play is to be seen in Aristophanes' comedy, The Birds. Euripedes and His Age 2011-03-05T03:00:26.617Z And Aristophanes, in his Wasps, says— If a man be inclined to purchase orphi, And likes to leave alone the membrades. The Deipnosophists, or Banquet of the Learned of Athen?us 2011-08-02T02:00:21.843Z He had some odd dislikes, and could find nothing in Aristophanes, Cervantes, Shelley, Scott, Miss Austen, Dickens. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 3 "Electrostatics" to "Engis" 2011-02-06T03:00:53.093Z Gervinus, in his criticism of this play, compares the satire of the Elizabethen poet with that of Aristophanes, and points out that the Greek dramatist directed his sallies against the living. Shakespeare in the Theatre 2011-01-30T03:00:17.973Z Aristophanes speaks of it as crying out with mad love of the noonday sun.164 We found it no less eager and busy in late twilight, and far into the night. Rambles and Studies in Greece 2011-02-18T03:00:16.480Z But there is one thought which often recurs in Euripides in plays of all periods, and is specially thrown in his teeth by Aristophanes. Euripedes and His Age 2011-03-05T03:00:26.617Z And why need I quote in addition to this the passages from the Tagenistæ of the incomparable Aristophanes? The Deipnosophists, or Banquet of the Learned of Athen?us 2011-08-02T02:00:21.843Z He edited the Acharnians of Aristophanes, and several of the plays and scholia of Sophocles and Euripides. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 3 "Electrostatics" to "Engis" 2011-02-06T03:00:53.093Z The building was perhaps more accurately described by Aristophanes, who called it: "The House that welcomed the Myst�," and he carefully distinguished it from the Temple of Demeter. The Eleusinian Mysteries and Rites 2011-01-28T03:00:23.447Z Probably the Temple of Heracles, worshipped as a god at Athens, which is mentioned in the scholia of Aristophanes as situated in this part of Athens, is to be identified with the building in question. Rambles and Studies in Greece 2011-02-18T03:00:16.480Z It had apparently the misfortune to be seen by Aristophanes, then a boy about sixteen. Euripedes and His Age 2011-03-05T03:00:26.617Z Aristophanes has also treated us to a diminutive form of the word, in his Peace— Bring us some good ταρίχιον to the fields And Cephisodorus says, in his Pig— Some middling meat, or some ταρίχιον. The Deipnosophists, or Banquet of the Learned of Athen?us 2011-08-02T02:00:21.843Z Such comparison is, indeed, implicit in much of Plato and Aristotle as well as in Aristophanes. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 10 "Echinoderma" to "Edward" 2011-01-19T03:00:19.027Z Among other writers the scene has been described by Aristophanes in The Frogs:— Heracles. The Eleusinian Mysteries and Rites 2011-01-28T03:00:23.447Z This custom, strange to say, dates from the days of Aristophanes. Rambles and Studies in Greece 2011-02-18T03:00:16.480Z Votes for women must actually have been on the very centre of the carpet when Aristophanes wrote his "Ecclesiazusae" or "Feminine Parliament." Education: How Old The New 2011-01-14T03:00:54.370Z And Aristophanes, in his Acharnians, extolling the magnificence of the barbarians, says— A. Then he received me, and to dinner ask'd me, And set before us whole fat oxen roasted. The Deipnosophists, or Banquet of the Learned of Athen?us 2011-08-02T02:00:21.843Z The literature of succeeding centuries furnishes only isolated references; the more important are found in the scholia on Aristophanes, the lexicons of Hesychius, Photius and others, and the Etymologicum Magnum. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 7 "Arundel, Thomas" to "Athens" When, returning from an expedition, Socrates repaired to the theatre to witness Aristophanes’ comedy ‘The Clouds,’ he found himself portrayed upon the scene as the central figure of the drama. A Cursory History of Swearing He must go to Balaustion’s Adventure, or Aristophanes’s Apology, or some other professed translation, and follow it line for line, adding some such general reviews as the Etudes of M. Patin. Rambles and Studies in Greece 2011-02-18T03:00:16.480Z It is extremely interesting in the light of this to read some of Aristophanes' plays. Education: How Old The New 2011-01-14T03:00:54.370Z And the admirable Aristophanes has said in his Cocalus— But it is now, O father, altogether noon, When it is right for the young men to sup. The Deipnosophists, or Banquet of the Learned of Athen?us 2011-08-02T02:00:21.843Z Aristophanes, indeed, abuses this famous lady, but Socrates does her honor. Familiar Letters of John Adams and His Wife Abigail Adams During the Revolution with a Memoir of Mrs. Adams “Olympian Jupiter!” exclaims Aristophanes, at the mention of that oath, “to think of your believing in Jupiter, as old as you are!” A Cursory History of Swearing He settled early in Alexandria, where he studied under Aristophanes of Byzantium, whom he succeeded as librarian of the museum. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 5 "Arculf" to "Armour, Philip" If I had lived in that elder day I should have gone mainly to the plays of Aristophanes. The Ship Dwellers A Story of a Happy Cruise And Aristophanes says, in his Storks— For if you prosecute one wicked man, Twelve ἐπισίτιοι will come against you, And so defeat you by their evidence. The Deipnosophists, or Banquet of the Learned of Athen?us 2011-08-02T02:00:21.843Z The Alexandrian critics attributed to him the authorship of four plays previously assigned to Aristophanes. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 4 "Aram, Eugene" to "Arcueil" In like manner, Aristophanes could afford to trifle with the asseverations of his own Athenian audiences. A Cursory History of Swearing Aristophanes is for us the representative of the Old Comedy. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 5 "Arculf" to "Armour, Philip" Here Æschylus and Euripides had their first nights—or days, perhaps, for I believe they were mostly matinees—and Sophocles, too, and here it was that the naughty Aristophanes burlesqued them with his biting parodies. The Ship Dwellers A Story of a Happy Cruise Aristophanes in his play called The Women who occupy Tents, says— But having had a bellyful of boaces, I turn'd my steps towards home. The Deipnosophists, or Banquet of the Learned of Athen?us 2011-08-02T02:00:21.843Z Such fables are spoken of both by Aristophanes and Plato. The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 1 A to Amide The Athenian poets, if we may judge from Aristophanes, confined themselves wholly to the affairs of their own state, and it was their object to point out what they considered beneficial to the people. The History and Antiquities of the Doric Race, Vol. 2 of 2 The first, extending to 420 B.C., includes those plays in which Aristophanes uses an absolutely unrestrained freedom of political satire. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 5 "Arculf" to "Armour, Philip" Stillingfleet quotes from Aristophanes that “the crane points out the time of sowing” and the kite “when it is time to shear your sheep.” Springtime and Other Essays And Aristophanes, in his Knights, speaks of the pike taken in the neighbourhood of Miletus as surpassingly good, when he speaks thus:— But you shall not disturb me thus Feasting on Milesian pike. The Deipnosophists, or Banquet of the Learned of Athen?us 2011-08-02T02:00:21.843Z In truth, the great Frenchman stands, with Aristophanes and Shakespeare, upon a lonely height quite unapproached by lesser devotees of Thalia. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 16 Compare with this the sacrifice in the Peace of Aristophanes. The History and Antiquities of the Doric Race, Vol. 2 of 2 The Acharnians.—Since the defeat in Boeotia the peace party at Athens had gained ground, and in this play Aristophanes seeks to strengthen their hands. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 5 "Arculf" to "Armour, Philip" But philosophy as taught at Rimini did not attract our hero, and instead of poring over the long passages dictated to him by his professor, he read Plautus, Terence, Aristophanes, and the fragments of Menander. The Comedies of Carlo Goldoni edited with an introduction by Helen Zimmern Aristophanes, the conservative, the believer in the "good old times," saw, as clearly as Socrates, the disastrous effects worked by the Sophists upon public morals. A Critical History of Greek Philosophy One of the finest cups in this style is in the Berlin Museum, it is signed by the artists Erginus and Aristophanes, and the subject is the battle of the gods and giants. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 6 "Celtes, Konrad" to "Ceramics" And, for that matter, these excellent ladies must not put it into their heads that they have created the part, for it existed in the days of Aristophanes. Her Royal Highness Woman The Knights.—Three years before, in his Babylonians, Aristophanes had assailed Cleon as the typical demagogue. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 5 "Arculf" to "Armour, Philip" "A toast," he cried, "to Bindle the Incomparable, rival of Aristophanes as a maker of mirth." Bindle Some Chapters in the Life of Joseph Bindle Aristophanes would not have ventured to introduce such a delusion into his play, had his audience not shared in it. A Critical History of Greek Philosophy We have seen that Aristophanes, in Greece, knew the Eskimo doctrine that stars are souls of the dead. Custom and Myth New Edition In a word, you mean to strike, as your sisters did in the good old days of Aristophanes. Her Royal Highness Woman Aristophanes is one of the men for whom opinion is mainly a matter of feeling, not of reason. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 5 "Arculf" to "Armour, Philip" "Why, it's Aristophanes," he said with obvious pleasure. Bindle Some Chapters in the Life of Joseph Bindle But that such a confusion did exist in the popular mind is clearly proved by "The Clouds" of Aristophanes. A Critical History of Greek Philosophy But the very oddest example of the survival of the notion that the stars are men or women is found in the ‘Pax’ of Aristophanes. Custom and Myth New Edition "Chantecler" appeared in 1910; it was an attempt to imitate Aristophanes by putting birds and animals on the stage, but though largely advertised it was not a success. The Complete Club Book for Women Including Subjects, Material and References for Study Programs; together with a Constitution and By-Laws; Rules of Order; Instructions how to make a Year Book; Suggestions for Practical Community Work; a Resume of what Some Clubs are Doing, etc., etc. Aristophanes chiefly devoted himself to the poets, especially Homer, who had already been edited by his master Zenodotus. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 5 "Arculf" to "Armour, Philip" And if you like, I will lend you Aristophanes, mother, and you may read what came of women imitating such masculine ideas among those clever old Greeks.” Was It Right to Forgive? A Domestic Romance Aristophanes was a reactionary in thought and politics, and, hating the Sophists as the representatives of modernism, he lampooned them in his comedy, "The Clouds." A Critical History of Greek Philosophy As in the myth preserved by Aristophanes in the ‘Birds,’ the Australians believe that birds were the original gods, and the eagle, especially, is a great creative power. Custom and Myth New Edition We distrust him as Aristophanes, Shakespeare, and Dickens did. The Book of This and That His arguments to the plays of Aristophanes and the tragedians are in great part preserved. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 5 "Arculf" to "Armour, Philip" For the time, however, the unfinished MS. lay in the drawer of my writing-table; and I went back to Virgil and Aristophanes and scribbled more verses for the Oxford Magazine. My First Book: the experiences of Walter Besant, James Payn, W. Clark Russell, Grant Allen, Hall Caine, George R. Sims, Rudyard Kipling, A. Conan Doyle, M.E. Braddon, F.W. Robinson, H. Rider Haggard, R.M. Ballantyne, I. Zangwill, Morley Roberts, David Christie Murray, Marie Corelli, Jerome K. Jerome, John Strange Winter, Bret Harte, "Q.", Robert Buchanan, Robert Louis Stevenson, with an introduction by Jerome K. Jerome. In brilliancy of wit he is, among dramatists, inferior only to Aristophanes and Congreve. A Short History of French Literature “Fools and clowns,” said the gentleman, “call me ‘Mister;’ but I am in reality one of the clowns of Aristophanes; and my real name is Brekekekex Koax! Harper's New Monthly Magazine, No. 22, March, 1852, Volume 4. The Sausage Seller who aspired to be Cleon's rival, in The Knights of Aristophanes, expounds the whole art of demagogy in his prayer: Ye influential impudential powers Of sauciness and jabber, slang and jaw! The Book of This and That He was one of the pupils of Aristophanes of Byzantium, who were distinctively called Aristophanei. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 1 "Calhoun" to "Camoens" I'm blessed if the fellow did n't lay it on like Point Dexter himself; and wind up all with what we can't match, a comic scene from Aristophanes. One Of Them But he took a less Rabelaisian licence of range than Aristophanes, and he never, like Congreve, allows his action to drift aimlessly while his characters shoot pleasantries at one another. A Short History of French Literature This practice, though ridiculed by Aristophanes, was too convenient not to be adopted by the successors of Euripides, and Menander transferred it to comedy. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 6 "Dodwell" to "Drama" The Olympian gods survived for seven centuries after Aristophanes with the help of allegory and 'economy.' The English in the West Indies or, The Bow of Ulysses He would quiz me about my lessons, as though I were the tutor, and Ecoles the pupil; and ask me how he got on with his Aristophanes or his Homer? That Boy Of Norcott's Artemidorus, a pupil of Aristophanes, wrote a dictionary of technical terms used in cookery. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 4 "Diameter" to "Dinarchus" The myth related by Aristophanes in Plato's Symposium has a curious bearing upon Ulrichs' speculations. A Problem in Modern Ethics being an inquiry into the phenomenon of sexual inversion, addressed especially to Medical Psychologists and Jurists Euripides was not afraid of rags and tatters; but the sarcasms of Aristophanes on this head seem feeble to those who are aware that they would apply to King Lear as well as to Telephus. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 6 "Dodwell" to "Drama" Moli�re was a Frenchman; his humour is not that of Falstaff, nor of Aristophanes, nor of Gogol. A Novelist on Novels In Aristophanes and the comic poets generally Athenian women of position were dissolute when they were not stupid, and usually they were both. Historia Amoris: A History of Love, Ancient and Modern She read Homer, Herodotus, Thucydides, Aristophanes, the Tragedians and Polybius under suitable guidance, and without assistance mastered the writings of the church fathers. Women of Early Christianity But a good idea of their character can be gained from the opinions of his contemporaries, especially Aristophanes. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 6 "Coucy-le-Château" to "Crocodile" These characteristics are not features peculiar to Aristophanes. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 6 "Dodwell" to "Drama" Aristophanes was writing to make people laugh, not to reveal the secrets of the household, and his plays were exclusively for an audience of men. Greek Women A later echo of it bubbled in the farce of Aristophanes. Historia Amoris: A History of Love, Ancient and Modern Aristophanes also brings him on in comedy, making the Worse Argument seem the better. Library of the World's Best literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 12 It was occasioned by the sneers of Aristophanes and others, who declared that he was no better than a doting drunkard. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 6 "Coucy-le-Château" to "Crocodile" Of the later plays of Aristophanes, three77 are without a parabasis, and in the last of those preserved to us which properly belongs to Middle comedy78 the chorus is quite insignificant. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 6 "Dodwell" to "Drama" He was, in many respects, a daring innovator, and this explains the bitter hostility which Aristophanes, the ultra-conservative, exhibited toward him. Greek Women This tradition, possibly Orphic, Aristophanes took for text and embroidered it with his usual grotesqueness. Historia Amoris: A History of Love, Ancient and Modern Aristophanes, in the 'Clouds,' again, remarks:— "And this is he who for Euripides Composed the talkative wise tragedies." Library of the World's Best literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 12 The style of Cratinus has been likened to that of Aeschylus; and Aristophanes, in the Knights, compares him to a rushing torrent. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 6 "Coucy-le-Château" to "Crocodile" Yet it is possible that the exclusiveness of these tributes is not entirely justifiable; and not all the tragic poets contemporary with the great writers were among the myriad of younglings derided by Aristophanes. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 6 "Dodwell" to "Drama" Aristophanes represents the world of women as thrown into consternation and revolt through the production of the tragedies of Euripides, such as the Hippolytus, wherein the female sex is so severely arraigned. Greek Women But whatever Aristophanes may have meant, his views were subsidiary. Historia Amoris: A History of Love, Ancient and Modern We hear from behind the mask the enormous laughter of Aristophanes, ascending peal above peal until it passes into jubilant ecstasy, or from the uproar springs some exquisite lyric strain. Library of the World's Best literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 12 Yet before his day, three Greek writers of eminence had examined, in more or less fulness, the principles of composition; these were Plato, Isocrates and Aristophanes. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 6 "Coucy-le-Château" to "Crocodile" The proceedings of the feathered builders of Cloudcuckootown in the Birds of Aristophanes are as true to dramatic probability as are the pranks of Oberon’s fairies in Midsummer Night’s Dream. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 6 "Dodwell" to "Drama" If he trace the subject back, he will observe that in the dramatic literature of the latter part of the previous century the same problems received the consideration of Euripides and Aristophanes. Greek Women The origin of its duality Aristophanes then explained. Historia Amoris: A History of Love, Ancient and Modern Aristophanes regularly turned him into sport for the theatres. Maids Wives and Bachelors Evanthia had no use for knights, save perhaps those of Aristophanes. Command Nothing, unfortunately, remains of the plays which justified this language but a few fragments cited by Aristophanes, Plutarch, Lucian, and Athen�us. A Problem in Greek Ethics Being an inquiry into the phenomenon of sexual inversion Lysistrata therefore, in Aristophanes's play, counsels the women to break their chains, seize the reins of government, and bring the dreadful war to an end. Greek Women In between was the unexampled reign of beauty during which, after Æschylus and Pindar, came the splendors of Sophocles, the magnificence of Euripides, Socratic wisdom, and the rich, rare laugh of Aristophanes. Historia Amoris: A History of Love, Ancient and Modern It is that resemblance between the Greek poet and the Venetian writer which has made some critics call Gozzi the Aristophanes of the eighteenth century. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume 20, September, 1877. Aristophanes, were he alive now, I imagine, instead of aiming his wit at the philosophers, would have a turn with the theologians. The London Pulpit Of the way in which a Greek boy spent his day, we gain some notion from two passages in Aristophanes and Lucian. A Problem in Greek Ethics Being an inquiry into the phenomenon of sexual inversion We have thus briefly sketched the indications of the prevalence of the Woman Question in Athens, as presented in the plays of Aristophanes. Greek Women Aristophanes and Alcibiades came in a later and more brilliant epoch. Historia Amoris: A History of Love, Ancient and Modern A second volume of lyrics, The Inn of Strange Meetings, was issued in 1871; and in 1872 he produced his longest and best sustained poem, The British Birds, a communication from the Ghost of Aristophanes. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 6 "Cockaigne" to "Columbus, Christopher" Here they would rend Aristophanes to pieces, he who represented upon the stage the most prominent men of Athens. Sónnica But his picture of the perfect boy completes, and in some points supplements, that of Aristophanes. A Problem in Greek Ethics Being an inquiry into the phenomenon of sexual inversion Thus the rustic Strepsiades, in Aristophanes's Clouds, expresses the wish that the feminine matchmaker had perished miserably who had induced him to marry the haughty, luxurious, citified niece of aristocratic Megacles, son of Megacles. Greek Women But the general attitude of the paper during this time expressed that peculiar tone of mainly Conservative persiflage which has distinguished in literature the great line of writers beginning with Aristophanes. A History of Nineteenth Century Literature (1780-1895) Her well-groomed little nag was alive, it is true, but some live things creep, and Aristophanes—called Top,—was one of them. Belford's Magazine, Volume II, No. 8, January, 1889 They love farces; a tragedy that would move the Hellenes to tears, leaves them cold; one of Aristophanes' comedies would put them to sleep. Sónnica The same author pertinently remarks that, though the teaching of Socrates on love might well have been considered perilous, it, formed no part of the accusations of either Anytus or Aristophanes. A Problem in Greek Ethics Being an inquiry into the phenomenon of sexual inversion The picture which Aristophanes, in his clever bit of satire, presents of the women of his day is an exceedingly repulsive one. Greek Women Neither, although very fond of the Greek and Roman classics generally, did he seem to enjoy any of the Greek poets except Homer and Pindar and, to some extent, Aristophanes. Studies in Contemporary Biography The character of Cleon is represented by Aristophanes and Thucydides in an extremely unfavourable light. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 4 "Cincinnatus" to "Cleruchy" Here the masterpieces of Eschylus, Sophocles, Euripides, and Aristophanes, in the golden days of Grecian glory, gave delight to great audiences. A Trip to the Orient The Story of a Mediterranean Cruise Only purblind students will be unable to perceive the difference between the obscenity of the Latin races and that of Aristophanes. A Problem in Greek Ethics Being an inquiry into the phenomenon of sexual inversion Hence coarseness and buffoonery, as elements of comic effect, are continually availed of, and Aristophanes considered that he was witty in maligning the female sex. Greek Women Tragedy is followed by comedy, sentiment by satire; �schylus is followed by Aristophanes, Horace is followed by Juvenal and Martial; Racine is followed by Voltaire, and Byron by Dickens. Lectures on Russian Literature Pushkin, Gogol, Turgenef, Tolstoy A contemplated edition of the works of Aristophanes, a task for which he was singularly fitted, was never published. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 4 "Cincinnatus" to "Cleruchy" It's fair enough to say that Hardy's stories, and still more his poems, paint chiefly the gloomy and hopeless situations in life, just as Mark Twain and Aristophanes painted the comic ones. The Crow's Nest This appears from the myth of Aristophanes in Plato's Symposium, which expresses in comic form their theory of sexual differentiation. A Problem in Greek Ethics Being an inquiry into the phenomenon of sexual inversion It would clearly be unfair and even absurd to regard Aristophanes as an accurate expositor of feminine life in Athens. Greek Women Hence the utter valuelessness to us of to-day of the comedies of Aristophanes as works of wit. Lectures on Russian Literature Pushkin, Gogol, Turgenef, Tolstoy The first four librarians were Zenodotus, Eratosthenes, Aristophanes of Byzantium, and Aristarchus. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 4 "Cincinnatus" to "Cleruchy" "Don't I recall your telling me he was the greatest ever, at least since Aristophanes?" Old Crow Perhaps he has outlived the class whose prejudices and limitations he formerly expressed; but in the days of Aristophanes such a class existed, and it is represented here by the chorus of old gentlemen. Pot-Boilers But it is a noticeable fact that, from B. C. 411 onward, there is, as seen in the extant plays of Aristophanes, a marked prominence given to the female sex. Greek Women He might be said to combine the powers of Æschylus and Aristophanes, of Dante and Rabelais, in his own mind. Hazlitt on English Literature An Introduction to the Appreciation of Literature He also edited Hesiod and Pindar, Euripides and Aristophanes, besides composing brief introductions to the several plays, parts of which are still extant. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 4 "Cincinnatus" to "Cleruchy" With Zola, the newer men assert that their work makes for morality, exposing as it does public and private abuses, an excuse as classic as Aristophanes. Ivory Apes and Peacocks The Lysistrata of Aristophanes, acted at Athens in the year B.C. Pot-Boilers It is a difficult task to attempt to trace in the comedies of Aristophanes the thread of a social movement. Greek Women Aristophanes of Byzantium, who lived in the third century before the Christian era. the principle of analogy. Hazlitt on English Literature An Introduction to the Appreciation of Literature The prolegomena to his scholia on Aristophanes supply us with valuable information on the Alexandrian libraries. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 4 "Cincinnatus" to "Cleruchy" Or it may be the Chorus was composed—as in the comedies of Aristophanes, the greatest humourist the world has ever seen—of birds, or of frogs, or even of clouds. Lectures Delivered in America in 1874 For Aristophanes does not confine himself to driving the blade of his wit into the rotten parts of a bad case; he does not score intellectual points only. Pot-Boilers As portrayed by Aristophanes, the women of his day manifestly knew how to assert their equality. Greek Women A comic writer arose, named Aristophanes, who, seeing the Athenians fallen from the greatness of their fathers, tried to laugh them into shame at themselves. Aunt Charlotte's Stories of Greek History Warburton urged the strongest case against the use of ridicule, in that of Socrates and Aristophanes. Calamities and Quarrels of Authors Plato she loved and read exhaustively; of Aristotle at this time she had read his Ethics, Poetics, and his work on Rhetoric, and of Aristophanes a few, only, of his plays. The Brownings Their Life and Art Aristophanes was a staunch Conservative, but he disliked a stupid argument wherever he found it. Pot-Boilers And yet, and yet, have I not unintentionally surprised him in his cabin devouring “The Unwritten Commandment” or “The Lady’s Realm,” while my Aristophanes is on the settee? An Ocean Tramp In that comedy, Aristophanes depicts how the Athenian government had reached the point when everything was going at sixes and sevens. Woman under socialism Warburton here adopted the popular notion, that the witty buffoon Aristophanes was the occasion of the death of the philosopher Socrates. Calamities and Quarrels of Authors The Substance of it is, That he hath written a strange hotch-potch Farce, and puff’d it upon the Town as written after the manner of Aristophanes and the Pasquinades of the 63 Italian Theatre.— The Covent Garden Theatre, or Pasquin Turn'd Drawcansir If Aristophanes never succeeded in ruining a party, at least he succeeded in discrediting some pestilent opinions. Pot-Boilers Agatho and Socrates, Aristophanes and Alcibiades, 273the picked men of ancient Athens; lying comfortably on their couches with the food before them and inviting their souls with wine. Shadow Mountain Aristophanes little dreamed how he hit the truth while meaning to joke. Woman under socialism The Socrates of Aristophanes is as truly ridiculous a character as ever was drawn; but it is not the character of Socrates himself. Calamities and Quarrels of Authors This now, Gentlemen is after the manner of Aristophanes, and the Italian Pasquinades. The Covent Garden Theatre, or Pasquin Turn'd Drawcansir Things that seemed beautiful or interesting or amusing to Shakespeare or Plato, to Chaucer or Aristophanes, they know, for certain, to be evil. Pot-Boilers The humour is as broad as that of Aristophanes or Rabelais. Music: An Art and a Language What all he twitted them with appears best from the speech that a Greek woman flings at him in the "Thesmophoria" of Aristophanes. Woman under socialism Never let us forget that Socrates before his judges asserted that “his persecution originated in the licensed raillery of Aristophanes, which had so unduly influenced the popular mind during several years!” Calamities and Quarrels of Authors Aristophanes, Horace, Lucian, Rabelais, Montaigne, Saint-Evremond, these are all Peacock's literary ancestors, each, of course, with his own difference in especial and in addition. Essays in English Literature, 1780-1860 But what Aristophanes thought and felt about the matter is just what we shall not find in this translation. Pot-Boilers The Knights is struck out to make way for the three plays of Aristophanes mentioned above. How to Form a Library, 2nd ed The merry Greek, tart Aristophanes, Neat Terence, witty Plautus,8 now not please; But antiquated and deserted lie, As they were not of Nature's family. Six Centuries of English Poetry Tennyson to Chaucer Aristophanes, Lucian, Rabelais, Erasmus, and Voltaire—to take a few great instances—were all serious in aim and intention. Flowers of Freethought (First Series) London is full of Limpets; clownings please The well-groom'd mob, though Aristophanes Would miserably bore us. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 98, March 1, 1890 Aristophanes had no intention of making out that they were. Pot-Boilers A knowledge of the condition of political parties in Athens in 416 B.C. adds immensely to the enjoyment of the readers of Aristophanes; the fun becomes funnier and the daring even more splendid than before. The American Mind The E. T. Earl Lectures "Christmas Eve and Easter Day"; "Men and Women"; "The Ring and the Book"; "Balaustion's Adventure"; "Fifine at the Fair"; "Aristophanes' Apology," etc. Six Centuries of English Poetry Tennyson to Chaucer Then it was not a momentary fantasy of the pen, but an abiding mood that had paid blasphemous homage to the "Aristophanes of Heaven." Dreamers of the Ghetto Aristophanes and Demosthenes are two striking examples of the power great writers have of paralysing critics and obscuring facts. Introduction to the Study of History For that not the less was Aristophanes permitted to produce in the state theatre at the public cost his fiercely anti-militarist and anti-imperialist play. Pot-Boilers An Introduction to the Greek Language based upon graded selections from the works of Menander, Euclid, Aristophanes, Plato, Herodotus, and the New Testament. College Teaching Studies in Methods of Teaching in the College Fools and clowns," said the gentleman, "call me 'Mister;' but I am in reality one of the clowns of Aristophanes; and my real name is Brekekekex Koax! The Book of Anecdotes and Budget of Fun; containing a collection of over one thousand of the most laughable sayings and jokes of celebrated wits and humorists. Euripides and the Scholiast of Aristophanes also make mention of it as a fatal monster, the enemy of mortals. The Phantom World or, The philosophy of spirits, apparitions, &c, &c. What comedies of Plautus or Terence or Aristophanes or Menander; what tragedies of Seneca, or of the seven dramatists of Alexandria who were called the "Pleias," were presented here? Out-of-Doors in the Holy Land Impressions of Travel in Body and Spirit What fondness, too, for study, must have inspired Aristophanes, to dedicate his whole life to literature! The Academic Questions, Treatise De Finibus, and Tusculan Disputations, of M.T. Cicero, With a Sketch of the Greek Philosophers Mentioned by Cicero Aristophanes ridiculed him as no other reformer has ever been ridiculed, holding him up, by his inimitable wit, to the scorn of the crowded theatre. Orthodoxy: Its Truths And Errors "Red Cotton Nightcap Country" appeared in the following year; and, after an interval of two years, was followed by "Aristophanes' Apology." Great Men and Famous Women, Vol. 7 A Series of Pen and Pencil Sketches of the Lives of More Than 200 of the Most Prominent Personages in History This eclipse was observed at Athens, and is mentioned by Aristophanes in his play, The Clouds. Astronomy of To-day A Popular Introduction in Non-Technical Language The gross obscenities, with which all Aristophanes's comedies abound, have no excuse; they only denote to what a pitch the libertinism of the spectators, and the depravity of the poet, had proceeded. The Ancient History of the Egyptians, Carthaginians, Assyrians, Babylonians, Medes and Persians, Macedonians and Grecians (Vol. 1 of 6) Sophocles and Euripides were contemporary with Pericles and Phidias; the same age witnessed the Clouds of Aristophanes, the death of Socrates, and the history of Thucydides. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 363, January, 1846 Such was the somewhat tame and vulgar Athens which succeeded to that of Pericles and Aristophanes, and which could not tolerate the spiritual boldness of Socrates. Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 5 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History At the same time Aristophanes showed in his comedy "Ecclesiazusae" that the community of goods would necessarily lead to the community of wives. British Socialism An Examination of Its Doctrines, Policy, Aims and Practical Proposals "And Aristophanes! who took The world with mirth, and laughter-struck The hollow caves of Thought, and woke "The infinite echoes hid in each. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 56, Number 349, November, 1844 We must not fancy Aristophanes to have been a person of little consequence in his republic, as the comic writers generally are in our days. The Ancient History of the Egyptians, Carthaginians, Assyrians, Babylonians, Medes and Persians, Macedonians and Grecians (Vol. 1 of 6) It is a little difficult to handle, in so far as Aristophanes, for dramatic reasons, has equipped Socrates with a whole set of deities. Atheism in Pagan Antiquity The comedies of Aristophanes are universally regarded as the standard of Attic writing in its greatest purity. Museum of Antiquity A Description of Ancient Life Aristophanes lived and could have written only in the days when Athenian institutions began to decay. Jewish Literature and Other Essays There is nothing particularly felicitous in the sketch of "Aristophanes." Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 56, Number 349, November, 1844 The other pieces of Aristophanes abound with strokes still more satirical and severe upon the principal divinities. The Ancient History of the Egyptians, Carthaginians, Assyrians, Babylonians, Medes and Persians, Macedonians and Grecians (Vol. 1 of 6) Unless this had been so, Aristophanes could not have introduced him as the chief character in his travesty. Atheism in Pagan Antiquity There is as much system in the comedies of Aristophanes as in the dialogues of Plato. Museum of Antiquity A Description of Ancient Life Try Aristophanes, Horace, Juvenal, Lucian, Martial; try the modern satirists of all kinds, and you will always find these secondary sources of enjoyment present. A History of the French Novel, Vol. 2 To the Close of the 19th Century It has little of the subtilty of expression, the variety of cadence, or the intellectual possibility, of the Greek of Homer, Plato, and Aristophanes. Hymns of the Greek Church Translated with Introduction and Notes None of Aristophanes's pieces explains better his boldness, in speaking upon the most delicate affairs of the state in the crowded theatre, than his comedy called Lysistrata. The Ancient History of the Egyptians, Carthaginians, Assyrians, Babylonians, Medes and Persians, Macedonians and Grecians (Vol. 1 of 6) Aristophanes's own travesties of the gods, scholars have found evidence for a weakening of popular belief, but this is certainly wrong; comp. Atheism in Pagan Antiquity Parents were naturally anxious to dispose of their daughters as early as possible, without taking objection to the advanced years of the wooer, as is tersely pointed out by Aristophanes. Museum of Antiquity A Description of Ancient Life But of this Aristophanes we know nothing, and the vague statements of Servius and Macrobius may be neglected as being without significance for the figure in question. Introduction to the History of Religions Handbooks on the History of Religions, Volume IV B. The reckless creation of debts as seen in Aristophanes; while outside of Athens slavery for debt lasted yet a long time. Principles Of Political Economy Such was the comedy, since called the Middle Comedy, of which there are some instances in Aristophanes. The Ancient History of the Egyptians, Carthaginians, Assyrians, Babylonians, Medes and Persians, Macedonians and Grecians (Vol. 1 of 6) In Aristophanes we meet with the first observations concerning the change in the religious conditions of Athens during the Peloponnesian War. Atheism in Pagan Antiquity The date of oil-lamps in Greece can not be stated with accuracy; they were known at the time of Aristophanes. Museum of Antiquity A Description of Ancient Life But who this Aristophanes is, or where he so calls her, we are not informed. Introduction to the History of Religions Handbooks on the History of Religions, Volume IV In the “Frogs” of Aristophanes, the relation between the slave Xanthias and his master is eloquent testimony to the good treatment he received. Principles Of Political Economy Aristophanes did that upon the stage, which Demosthenes did afterwards in the public assemblies. The Ancient History of the Egyptians, Carthaginians, Assyrians, Babylonians, Medes and Persians, Macedonians and Grecians (Vol. 1 of 6) Aristophanes, who is always severe on Euripides, has only one passage directly charging him with being a propagator of atheism; but the accusation is hardly meant to be taken seriously. Atheism in Pagan Antiquity Very little is known about the life of Aristophanes. Museum of Antiquity A Description of Ancient Life I thought this odd, because it occurred to me that German was a dead language before Aristophanes was born. The World I Live In V, was no mere fancy, is proved by the polemic which Aristophanes directs against it in his Ecclesiazuses. Principles Of Political Economy The satires of Aristophanes neither moved nor irritated him. Christianity and Greek Philosophy or, the relation between spontaneous and reflective thought in Greece and the positive teaching of Christ and His Apostles The date of this decree is given by a historian as 415 b.c.; that this is correct is seen from a passage in Aristophanes's contemporary drama, The Birds. Atheism in Pagan Antiquity At a far earlier period Aristophanes speaks of "a transparent substance used to light fires with," usually translated glass. Museum of Antiquity A Description of Ancient Life Aristophanes and Molière joined for a measure, both talking at once, Molière in Greek and Aristophanes in German. The World I Live In The "Market of Ideas" came in for a meed of applause, and its authors were compared to Aristophanes. Sentimental Education, Volume II The History of a Young Man But the horses' shoes of silver, the knives of fine gold, the talking "birds with gold on their wings," as in Aristophanes, are common to all folk-song. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy" It is well known that Aristophanes chose Socrates as a representative of the modern movement. Atheism in Pagan Antiquity The same penchant for comedy appears in Down with Knavery, a very free and lively adaptation of the Plutus of Aristophanes. A History of Elizabethan Literature The sympathies of the author, like those of Aristophanes, were with the old school. Appearances Being Notes of Travel In the Clouds of Aristophanes, Strepsiades tells Socrates that he has "a notion calculated to deprive of interest"; which is as follows:-- Moon Lore Aristophanes, in his play The Acharnians, indulges in a flight of satire at the expense of the musical Boeotians, by making a band of Theban pipers play a Boeotian merchant and his slave into town. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy" The inference to be drawn from all this is simply that the popular Athenian opinion—for we may rest assured that this and the view of Aristophanes are identical—was that the sophists were atheists. Atheism in Pagan Antiquity One wonders that scholars are any longer allowed even to read Aristophanes—far less translate him. Suspended Judgments Essays on Books and Sensations The playwright had at least Aristophanes' gift of lampoon, though I doubt whether he had a touch of his genius. Appearances Being Notes of Travel Comedy also made a great stride during the administration of Pericles; but it was not till his great ascendency was at its height that Aristophanes was born, B.C. Ancient States and Empires In the death of Aristophanes was involved the death of "the middle comedy," which rapidly declined in the hands of his insufficient successors. The Mirror of Taste, and Dramatic Censor, Vol. I, No. 5, May 1810 Hence what we may infer from the attack of Aristophanes is merely this, that the general public lumped Socrates together with the sophists and more especially regarded him as a godless fellow. Atheism in Pagan Antiquity I have dragged poor Bottom back to life and made the arms of the Cervantian wind-mill turn and the frogs of Aristophanes croak. Suspended Judgments Essays on Books and Sensations For, I doubt, modern Japan may deserve lampooning more than the Athens of Aristophanes. Appearances Being Notes of Travel Perhaps there is not one character of antiquity upon which the opinions of mankind are divided, and so opposite to each other as that of Aristophanes. The Mirror of Taste, and Dramatic Censor, Vol. I, No. 4, April 1810 The new comedy never could have raised its head, had the middle comedy continued to be supported by a succession of such wits as Aristophanes, with new supplies of envenomed personal satire. The Mirror of Taste, and Dramatic Censor, Vol. I, No. 5, May 1810 That is why, both in politics and religion, there have been, ever since Aristophanes, so many great reactionary poets. Visions and Revisions A Book of Literary Devotions Aristophanes says, "Sable-winged Night produced an egg, from which sprung up like a blossom Eros, the lovely, the desirable, with his glossy golden wings." The Temple of Nature; or, the Origin of Society A Poem, with Philosophical Notes I see I must put on a lecture in Aristophanes for your special benefit. Tom Brown at Oxford
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