Aristophanes
Aristophanes
Aristophanes, son of Philippus, of the deme Kydathenaion, was a comic playwright of ancient Athens. Eleven of his forty plays survive virtually complete. These, together with fragments of some of his other plays, provide the only real examples of a genre of comic drama known as Old Comedy, and are used to define it...
NationalityGreek
ProfessionPoet
men house homeland
A man's homeland is wherever he prospers.
strength art life-changing
Let each man exercise the art he knows.
love names desire
Love is merely the name for the desire and pursuit of the whole.
total-war
Ah! the Generals! they are numerous, but not good for much!
ignorance forever stupidity
Ignorance can be cured, but stupidity is forever
lying justice comedy
Comedy is allied to justice.
wise wisdom enemy
The wise learn many things from their enemies.
winning people promise
To win the people, always cook them some savoury that pleases them.
age today vices
Times change. The vices of your age are stylish today.
fairness heard
Thou shouldst not decide until thou hast heard what both have to say.
travel adventure journey
Why, I'd like nothing better than to achieve some bold adventure, worthy of our trip.
honesty men gains
No man is really honest; none of us is above the influence of gain.
taste poet coarse
It is bad taste for a poet to be coarse and hairy.
law athens idiot
An ancient tradition declares that every idiot blunder we pass into law will sooner or later redound to Athens' profit.