Aristophanes
Aristophanes was an Ancient Greek comic playwright from Athens and a poet of Old Attic Comedy. He wrote in total forty plays, of which eleven survive virtually complete today. These provide the most valuable examples of a genre of comic drama known as Old Comedy and are used to define it, along with fragments from dozens of lost plays by Aristophanes and his contemporaries.
Lysistrata
To end a long war, the women of Greece decide to use their greatest power, love, as leverage, leading to a hilarious battle of the sexes.
By Aristophanes
The Birds
Tired of their lives, two Athenians hatch a crazy scheme to rule both gods and humans by building a city in the clouds.
By Aristophanes
The Clouds
A desperate father sends his son to a questionable school to learn how to cheat his way out of debt, leading to chaos and laughter.
By Aristophanes
The Frogs
A god travels to the underworld with his slave to resurrect a playwright and restore greatness to Greek tragedy.
By Aristophanes
The Eleven Comedies, Volume 2
In ancient Athens, a son's desperate attempts to cure his father's unhealthy obsession with jury duty leads to uproarious antics and a sharp jab at the city's legal system.
By Aristophanes
The Acharnians
Fed up with endless war, one man makes a daring move to secure his own personal peace, challenging the war-loving ideals of his fellow citizens.
By Aristophanes
Peace
Fed up with endless conflict, one man risks everything to retrieve a captured goddess and restore harmony to a war-torn world.
By Aristophanes
The Eleven Comedies, Volume 1
Travel back in time to ancient Athens, where political satire and outrageous characters collide in a hilarious commentary on society's follies.
By Aristophanes