Athenian Society in the Classical Period based on the plays by Aristophanes

Little is known of Aristophanes (446-386 B.C.), except that he was one of the most popular playwrights of the Ancient Greece in 500B.C. He wrote a new style of comedies, and out of forty he has been said to have produced, eleven of them have stood the test of time. . These comedies expose Aristophanes' perspective of the way of life in Athens through social, literal, and philosophical means and portray the way of …

…http://www.stark.kent.edu/~jmoneysmith/gbi/ourweb/evans.htm http://www.temple.edu/classics/birdsnotes.html http://www.temple.edu/classics/dramadir.html http://www.temple.edu/classics/lysistrata.html http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~loxias/lysistrata.htm http://www.wsu.edu:8080/~dee/GREECE/DRAMA.HTMbin/ptext?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.04.0004&layout=&loc=aristophanes Articles- Introduction to Greek Drama- Pages 2 to 17 Political Dimension of Attic Tragedy - Pages 120 to 131