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
childhood aging
The old are in a second childhood.
voice politician breeding
Characteristics of a popular politician: a horrible voice, bad breeding, and a vulgar manner.
desire greek-poet love name pursuit simply
Love is simply the name for the desire and the pursuit of the whole.
eye mouths zeus
Open your mouth and shut your eyes and see what Zeus will send you.
greek-poet until
You should not decide until you have heard what both have to say.