Aristophanes (Greek: Ἀριστοφάνης; born circa 446 – died circa 386 BC), son of Philippus, of the deme Kydathenaion (Latin: Cydathenaeum), was a Greek 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.
Surviving plays:
• The Acharnians (Ἀχαρνεῖς) 425 BC
• The Knights (Ἱππεῖς; Latin: Equites) 424 BC
• The Clouds (Νεφέλαι; Latin: Nubes); original 423 BC, uncompleted revised version from 419 BC – 416 BC survives
• The Wasps (Σφῆκες; Latin: Vespae) 422 BC
• Peace (Εἰρήνη; Latin: Pax) first version, 421 BC
• The Birds (Ὄρνιθες; Latin: Aves) 414 BC
• Lysistrata (Λυσιστράτη) 411 BC
• Thesmophoriazusae or The Women Celebrating the Thesmophoria (Θεσμοφοριάζουσαι) first version c.411 BC
• The Frogs (Βάτραχοι; Latin: Ranae) 405 BC
• Ecclesiazusae or The Assemblywomen; (Ἐκκλησιάζουσαι) c.392 BC
• Wealth (Πλοῦτος; Latin Plutus) second version, 388 BC
