Aristophanes.
Lysistrata-He was a dramatist, like Shakespeare.
He was a comic playwright of Ancient Athens, writing 40 plays of which 11 survive almost complete
The earliest play that could be called a Greek tragedy by modern standards is The Persians, by Aeschylus, and it was produced in 472 BCE.
Aristophanes was an Athenian comic poet, Greek playwright, and the greatest ancient comedy writers. He is known as the "Father of Comedy" for his satirical comedy.
Ludwig Radermacher has written: 'Artium scriptores (Reste der voraristotelischen Rhetorik)' -- subject(s): Ancient Rhetoric, Rhetoric, Ancient 'Griechische Quellen zur Faustsage' -- subject(s): Greek literature, Helladius (Legend), Legends, Theophilus (Legend) 'Mythos und Sage bei den Griechen' -- subject(s): Greek Mythology, Legends, Mythology, Greek 'Weinen und Lachen' -- subject(s): Classical literature, Comic, The, History and criticism, Laughter, The Comic, The Tragic, Tragic, The
The two greatest comic authors, after Aristophanes, as the Greeks thought, were Cratinus and Eupolis. (Arisrophane was the greatest comic author)
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Aristophanes, of ancient Greece, is remembered from his writings, which still exist.
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