Aristophanes (448-after 385 BC) was the greatest of the writers of the Old Comedy, which flourished in Athens in the 5th century BC, and the only one with any complete plays surviving. He wrote at least 36 comedies, of which 11 are extant. The Old Comedy...
Robert Neil, Aristophanes' Knights (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1901); Maurice Platnauer, Aristophanes' Peace (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1964); Kenneth Dover, Aristophanes' Clouds (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1968); Douglas MacDowe...
Aristophanes of Athens was judged in antiquity to be the foremost poet of Old Attic Comedy, a theatrical genre of which he was one of the last practitioners and of which his eleven surviving plays are the only complete examples. His plays are valued prin...
This article is about the play by Aristophanes. For the rock band, see The Frogs (band), and for the Stephen Sondheim adaption of the play, see The Frogs (musical). Greek Wikisource has original text related to this article: The Frogs Frogs...
Of frogs, Shakespeare and Jell-O Sunday, November 19, 2000 On a very long election night, legendary CBS news anchor Dan Rather reached new heights -- or was it lows? -- of eloquence in explaining what was happening. A few examples follow. ...
THE FROGS By Aristophanes, Shevelove, and Lane Music and Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim Vivian Beaumont Theater 150 West 65th Street 212.239.6200 A lot of skill and talent has gone into The Frogs, but somehow there's no creative pooling...
Road signs of a flipper-waving Kermit the Frog attract thousands of visitors annually through the flatlands of the Mississippi Delta to the hometown of the famous amphibian and his equally renowned creator, Jim Henson.The city of Leland (population 5,500) was where Henson lived from 1936-48....
They say you have to kiss a lot of frogs to find a prince. Still, with more than 6,000 species of amphibians around the world, you might think the odds are pretty good, if you can stand the slimy lips.But frogs are disappearing at an...
