... the psychological world of human passions and emotions. Sophocles is most famous for his characterization, graceful language, and sense of calm and proportion. Comedy was also seen during the 400's BC. Aristophanes, who wrote plays in the style Old Comedy, was a great writer of comic plays. His plays reflected the spirit of Athens at that time. Their spirit was that of freedom, vitality ... was defeated in the Peloponnesian War in 404 BC, and there was less freedom of speech. With its elements of political and social satire, government leaders no longer permitted Old Comedy. Prose had s...

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