... the pain of the people, included contemporary messages and asked the Athenians to reflect on their actions. The Greek comedy helped to release anxieties while criticizing public figures. The best of the Greek comedies used humor to express serious problems. The playwright Aristophanes tried to preserve traditional values while using political satire to criticize contemporary Athens. He wrote the comical antiwar play ... ...

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