Aristophanes

Aristophanes

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Playwright, satirist, ancient greece, the Prince of Ancient Comedy, the Father of Comedy, AncientAthenian…ancient greek
Aristophanes was a Greek Old Comic dramatist. He is also known as "the Father of Comedy" and "the Prince of Ancient Comedy".
Aeschylus

Aeschylus

male
Persian invasion of Greece, The Persian, Persian Wars, Battle of Marathon, Greek chorus, chorus…ancient greece, ancient greek, AncientAthenian
Aeschylus, IPA: or, 525 BC/524 BC - 456 BC) was an ancient Greek playwright. He is often recognized as the father or the founder of tragedy, and is...
Thucydides

Thucydides

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historian, AncientAthenian, ancient greek, sparta, greek, Peloponnesian War
Thucydides, Greek Θουκυδίδης, "Thoukudídēs") was an ancient Greek historian, and the author of the "History of the Peloponnesian War," which recoun...

Cleisthenes

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AncientAthenian, ancient greek, athenian, lysistrata, Peloponnesian War, The Frogs
Cleisthenes was a prominent Athenian during the Peloponnesian War (431 BC). The comedeian Aristophanes uses him frequently as the butt of jokes and...
Critias

Critias

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AncientAthenian, greek, grandfather, timaeus, Thirty Tyrant, Sisyphus fragment
Critias (Greek, 460-403 BC), born in Athens, son of Callaeschrus, was the uncle of Plato, and a leading member of the Thirty Tyrants, and one of...
Aeschines

Aeschines

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Timarchos, Ancient Greek statesmen, ancient greek, Battle of Mantinea, Megalopolis, ruler…ancient greece, Pederasty in ancient Greece, AncientAthenian
Aeschines (in Greek, 389-314 BC), Greek statesman and one of the ten Attic orators, was born at Athens. The statements as to his parentage and...

Hipparchus

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kanephoros, Panathenaic Festival, Peisistratos, son of pisistratus, Harmodius and Aristogeiton, Hippias…AncientAthenian
Hipparchus was one of the sons of Pisistratus. Although he was said among Greeks to have been the tyrant of Athens along with his brother Hippias...
Plato

Plato

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greek, philosopher, ancient greek, political philosopher, pedagogical, pedagogy…Ancient Athens, AncientAthenian
Plato (428/427 BC – 348/347 BC), whose original name was Aristocles, was an ancient Greek philosopher, the second of the great trio of ancient Gr...

Plato

male
poet, Cleophon, Victories, comic poet, aphrodisiac, Athenian comic poet…Ancient Greek comedy, ancient greek, AncientAthenian
Plato (also Plato Comicus) was an Athenian comic poet and contemporary of Aristophanes. None of his plays survive intact, but the titles of thirty...

Cratylus

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AncientAthenian, ancient greek, philosopher, Non-fiction writer, greek, metaphysics
Cratylus (ancient Greek: ", "Kratylos") was an ancient Athenian philosopher from late 5th century BC, mostly known through his portrayal in Plato's...