Aristophanes is an English word with synonyms like dramatist or playwright. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Aristophanes in a sentence
Aristophanes meaning
An Ancient Greek male name, most famously borne by a playwright who lived from circa 446 BC to circa 386 BC.
Synonyms of Aristophanes
Using Aristophanes
- The main meaning on this page is: An Ancient Greek male name, most famously borne by a playwright who lived from circa 446 BC to circa 386 BC.
- Useful related words include: dramatist, playwright.
- In the example corpus, aristophanes often appears in combinations such as: of aristophanes, by aristophanes, in aristophanes.
Context around Aristophanes
- Average sentence length in these examples: 25.3 words
- Position in the sentence: 16 start, 3 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Aristophanes
- In this selection, "aristophanes" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 25.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, 388, lysistrata, clouds and eleven stand out and add context to how "aristophanes" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include aristophanes clouds k and aristophanes lysistrata the. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "aristophanes" sits close to words such as aapl, abattoir and adjei, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with aristophanes
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Aristophanes himself refers to the parabasis proper only as 'anapests'. (10 words)
A krater with a scene from Aristophanes’ ancient Greek comedy Thesmophorizusae. (11 words)
Aristophanes mentions the burning lens in his play The Clouds (424 BC). (12 words)
We know that a son of Aristophanes, Araros, was also a comic poet and he could have been heavily involved in the production of his father's play Wealth II in 388. Aristophanes, testimonium 1, lines 54-56, in Kassel-Austin, Poetae Comici Graeci vol. (45 words)
Curiously, our parsha might be a repetition of the “Symposium,” but using poetic Hebrew instead of the visual description: The first two-thirds of this verse is a mirror image of itself, a call-back to Aristophanes. (37 words)
Aristophanes:Lysistrata, The Acharnians, The Clouds A.Sommerstein, Penguin Classics 1973, pages 18-19 Religious and political issues were topics that could hardly be ignored in such a setting and the plays often treat them quite seriously. (37 words)
Example sentences (20)
Aristophanes: Lysistrata, The Acharnians, The Clouds A. Sommerstein, Penguin Classics, page 23 In fact eight of Aristophanes' eleven surviving plays are named after the Chorus.
We know that a son of Aristophanes, Araros, was also a comic poet and he could have been heavily involved in the production of his father's play Wealth II in 388. Aristophanes, testimonium 1, lines 54-56, in Kassel-Austin, Poetae Comici Graeci vol.
Curiously, our parsha might be a repetition of the “Symposium,” but using poetic Hebrew instead of the visual description: The first two-thirds of this verse is a mirror image of itself, a call-back to Aristophanes.
It is a post-romantic, free adaptation of Aristophanes’ comedy of the same name.
A krater with a scene from Aristophanes’ ancient Greek comedy Thesmophorizusae.
These have been the very subjects attracting writers of comedy since Aristophanes penned “Lysistrata” as a vehicle for the young Joan Rivers.
A full appreciation of Aristophanes' plays requires an understanding of the poetic forms he employed with virtuoso skill, and of their different rhythms and associations.
Aristophanes, always livid and nearly scandalous in his religious, political, and sexual references..
Aristophanes and the Definition of Comedy M.S.Silk, Oxford University Press 2002, page 418 * Inclusive comedy: Old Comedy provided a variety of entertainments for a diverse audience.
Aristophanes: Clouds K.J. Dover (ed), Oxford University Press 1970, page 126 ** antistrophe or antode: These are songs that mirror the strophe/ode in meter, length and function.
Aristophanes: Clouds K.J. Dover, Oxford University Press 1970, page XV * Dirty jokes: A relaxation in standards of behaviour was permitted and the holiday spirit included bawdy irreverence towards both men and gods.
Aristophanes famously parodies the clever inversions that sophists were known for in his play The Clouds.
Aristophanes himself refers to the parabasis proper only as 'anapests'.
Aristophanes, like Vonnegut, wrote humorous critiques of contemporary society.sfn Vonnegut's life and work also share similarities with that of Adventures of Huckleberry Finn writer Mark Twain.
Aristophanes:Lysistrata, The Acharnians, The Clouds A.Sommerstein, Penguin Classics 1973, pages 18-19 Religious and political issues were topics that could hardly be ignored in such a setting and the plays often treat them quite seriously.
Aristophanes mentions the burning lens in his play The Clouds (424 BC).
Aristophanes: The Frogs and Other Plays David Barrett, Penguin Classics 1964, pages 13-14 Complexity The development of New Comedy involved a trend towards more realistic plots, a simpler dramatic structure and a softer tone.
Aristophanes: The Frogs and Other Plays David Barrett, Penguin Classics 1964, pages 14-15 Technically, the competition in the dramatic festivals was not between poets but between choruses.
Aristophanes: Wasps Dougles MacDowell, Oxford University Press 1978, page 261 The selection of elements can vary from play to play and it varies considerably within plays between first and second parabasis.
Aristophanes' work is noted for its critical commentary on politics and societal values, Sutton, D. F., Ancient Comedy: The War of the Generations (New York, 1993), p.56.
Common combinations with aristophanes
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- of aristophanes 6×
- by aristophanes 5×
- in aristophanes 4×
- aristophanes the 4×
- that aristophanes 4×
- aristophanes lysistrata 3×
- aristophanes was 3×
- to aristophanes 2×
- aristophanes clouds 2×
- aristophanes is 2×