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Aristophanes also appears as a character in [[Plato]]'s [[Symposium]]. Plato's Symposium tells the story of a wine drinking party in ancient [[Athens]], at which all the guests are required to make a speech in praise of love. Among the guests are Socrates, [[Alcibiades]], and Aristophanes. Aristophanes tells a comedic tale to explain why some people are [[heterosexual]], and some [[homosexual]]. | Aristophanes also appears as a character in [[Plato]]'s [[Symposium]]. Plato's Symposium tells the story of a wine drinking party in ancient [[Athens]], at which all the guests are required to make a speech in praise of love. Among the guests are Socrates, [[Alcibiades]], and Aristophanes. Aristophanes tells a comedic tale to explain why some people are [[heterosexual]], and some [[homosexual]]. | ||
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Aristophanes (born @ 456 BC - died @ 380 BC) was an ancient Greek playwright. Aristophanes only wrote comedy, and his comedies are the only stage comedies which survive from ancient Greece. Among his works are the anti-war comedies The Acharnians and Lysistrata, the raunchy satire of Athenian jurisprudence entitled The Wasps, and a satire of the philosopher Socrates entitled The Clouds.
Aristophanes also appears as a character in Plato's Symposium. Plato's Symposium tells the story of a wine drinking party in ancient Athens, at which all the guests are required to make a speech in praise of love. Among the guests are Socrates, Alcibiades, and Aristophanes. Aristophanes tells a comedic tale to explain why some people are heterosexual, and some homosexual.
