... The Wasps, he wants to "sow a crop of new ideas." In the prologos of The Frogs, we see a hint of criticism of other comedy writers made by Aristophanes- Xanthias says to Dionysus "It's the regular thing, I tell you. Phrynichus, Lysis, Ameipsias, All the popular writers do it. Comic porter scene. ... see Dionysus saying back to Xanthias "Well, there's not going to be one in this one." This quote tells us that Aristophanes is criticising the typical comedy writers, and the fact that he really wants to be different from the others. Despite Dionysus replied "Well, there's not going ... also i...

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... trilogy) each poet had to present a satyr play - a farcical, often bawdy parody of the gods and their myths. Later, comedy, which developed in the mid-5th century BC, was also presented. The oldest extant comedies are by Aristophanes. They have a highly formal structure thought to be derived from ancient fertility rites. The humor consists of a mixture of satirical attacks ... on contemporary public figures, bawdy, scatological jokes, and seemingly sacrilegious parodies of the gods. By the 4th century BC comedy had supplanted tragedy as the dominant form. ANCIENT THEATERS ... , and Socr...

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... comedy with a sting in the tail in the form of a objective message on the current political state of Athens. According to Mrs Harding, stand in Classics teacher, The Frogs: ...was written as a funny play with a message at the butt of the jokes. As this quotation shows, not only does Mrs Harding have a sound grasp of classics, but that Aristophanes ... campaigning. By presenting the play in a certain way he is trying to influence senior Athenian citizens to align their views with his. Aristophanes believes that Athens is lost unless they listen and act on his sound advice. Through the poe...

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... encompassing all Greek States, which halted war temporarily, rather the work of the politicians. The importance of peace was a recurring theme in Aristophanic comedy; it is mentioned in Acharnians (425BC) and Peace (421BC), although they advised harmony throughout Greece in addition to peace in Athens. In ... audience through the ridicule of public figures, while advising them upon the serious matter of leadership and rule. However, Frogs was still a comedy with aim of entertaining the spectators, an idea best shown through the mockery of Dionysus who was usually seen as virile and fearl...

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... so easy. It looks as if they were able to compose literary classics overnight. As if their mind never stops to pause but keeps on creating. Sophocles has it and Aristophanes has it, though both had it on different plans of writing Greeks literary masterpieces. To be a writer of Greek stories, plays you cannot lack, cannot be a second rate writer. Now ... reach the theater. If you did not win a bard you were seen as anything but great, and anything less than great did not cut it. Greek writers of tragedy and comedy paved the road of greatness that is used down through the ages from such ...

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