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
war winning men
[Y]ou [man] are fool enough, it seems, to dare to war with [woman=] me, when for your faithful ally you might win me easily.
children wall war
You're mistaken; men of sense often learn much from their enemies. Prudence is the best safeguard. This principle cannot be learnt from a friend: but an enemy extorts it immediately. It is from their foes and not their friends, that cities learn the lesson of building high walls and ships of war. And this lesson saves their children, their homes, and their properties.
summer husband war
When the soldier returns from the wars, even though he has white hair, he very soon finds a young wife. But a woman has only one summer; if she does not make hay while the sun shines, no one will afterwards have anything to say to her, and she spends her days consulting oracles that never send her a husband.
total-war
Ah! the Generals! they are numerous, but not good for much!
friendship wall war
Men of sense often learn from their enemies. It is from their foes, not their friends, that cities learn the lesson of building high walls and ships of war.
greek-poet until
You should not decide until you have heard what both have to say.
believe greek-poet surely
Shrines! Shrines! Surely you don't believe in the gods. What's your argument? Where's your proof?
desire greek-poet love name pursuit simply
Love is simply the name for the desire and the pursuit of the whole.
voice politician breeding
Characteristics of a popular politician: a horrible voice, bad breeding, and a vulgar manner.
best-friend travel two
Your lost friends are not dead, but gone before, advanced a stage or two upon that road which you must travel in the steps they trod.
witty political politics
Under every stone lurks a politician.
art fees
There's no art where there's no fee.
adversity grace trying
One must not try to trick misfortune, but resign oneself to it with good grace.
taste actors should
An actor should refine public taste.