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446 BCE
Birth
Aristophanes was born in 446 BCE to parents Philippus and Zenodora -
427 BCE
Banqueters
a datable, but non-surviving play -
426 BCE
Babylonians
one of aristophanes' many non-survivning plays -
423 BCE
The Clouds
Aristophanes wrote a famous play called "The Clouds" which slandered Socrates -
422 BCE
The Wasps
The 4th surviving play by aristophanes -
421 BCE
Peace
one of many plays that called for the end of the peloponnesian war -
414 BCE
The Birds
2nd place comedy performed in Dionyses -
414 BCE
Amphiaraus
another one of his non-surviving plays -
411 BCE
Lysistrata
a comic account of a woman's mission to end the Peloponnesian War between Greek city states by denying all the men of the land any sex -
411 BCE
The Woman at the Thesmophoria Festival
one of his 11 plays -
405 BCE
The Frogs
a comedy about a demigod on a journey who dies in comedic ways -
388 BCE
Wealth
one of Aristophanes' many plays. -
387 BCE
Cocalus
one of his lost plays -
386 BCE
Death
Aristophanes died of unknown causes in 386 BCE -
386 BCE
Aiolosicon
yet ANOTHER lost play from Aristophanes (last one, I promise) -
The Wasps Adaptation
Cambridge University took Aristophanes' play and adapted it for modern theatre -
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Various adaptations
various smaller production adaptations on Aristophanes' plays -
The Frogs Musical
adapted by Nathan Lane, music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim -
The Wasps- New Adaptation
adapted by the NSW Arts Unit Drama Company -
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You cannot teach a crab to walk straight
