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Aristophanes
448 BC - 386 BC
Aristophanes
Aristophanes (; Ancient Greek: Ἀριστοφάνης [aristopʰánɛːs]; c. 446 – c. 386 BC) was an Ancient Greek comic playwright from Athens. He wrote in total forty plays, of which eleven survive virtually complete today. The majority of his surviving plays belong to the genre of comic drama known as Old Comedy and are considered its most valuable examples. Aristophanes' plays were performed at the religious festivals of Athens, mostly the City Dionysia and the Lenaia, and several of them won the first prize in their respective competitions. Read more on Wikipedia
His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Aristophanes is the 48th most popular writer (down from 46th in 2019), the 14th most popular biography from Greece (up from 17th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Greek Writer.
Aristophanes is most famous for his comedies. He wrote many plays, but he is most famous for "The Knights," "The Clouds," and "The Frogs."
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Among writers, Aristophanes ranks 48 out of 7,302. Before him are Ernest Hemingway, Horace, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Alexander Pushkin, Simone de Beauvoir, and Friedrich Schiller. After him are Thomas Hardy, Charles Baudelaire, Marcel Proust, Denis Diderot, Émile Zola, and Gustave Flaubert.
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Simone de Beauvoir
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Friedrich Schiller
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Aristophanes
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Contemporaries
Among people born in 448 BC, Aristophanes ranks 1. After him are Bardylis, and Agathon. Among people deceased in 386 BC, Aristophanes ranks 1.
Others Born in 448 BC
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WRITER
448 BC - 386 BC
HPI: 84.47
Rank: 1
Bardylis
POLITICIAN
448 BC - 358 BC
HPI: 69.61
Rank: 2
Agathon
WRITER
448 BC - 401 BC
HPI: 68.16
Rank: 3
Others Deceased in 386 BC
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Among people born in Greece, Aristophanes ranks 14 out of 1,024. Before him are Hippocrates (-460), Sophocles (-497), Democritus (-460), Epicurus (-341), Solon (-638), and Pericles (-494). After him are El Greco (1541), Euripides (-480), Saint Stephen (1), Thucydides (-460), Aeschylus (-525), and Bayezid II (1447).
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PHYSICIAN
460 BC - 370 BC
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497 BC - 406 BC
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Epicurus
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Solon
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638 BC - 558 BC
HPI: 86.59
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Pericles
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494 BC - 429 BC
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Aristophanes
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448 BC - 386 BC
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Homer
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Aristophanes
448 BC - 386 BC
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Euripides
480 BC - 406 BC
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525 BC - 456 BC
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Rank: 5
Sappho
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Rank: 6
Pindar
517 BC - 437 BC
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Menander
342 BC - 291 BC
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Rank: 8
Nikos Kazantzakis
1883 - 1957
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Alcaeus of Mytilene
620 BC - 560 BC
HPI: 76.62
Rank: 10
Arion
700 BC - 660 BC
HPI: 75.03
Rank: 11
Archilochus
680 BC - 645 BC
HPI: 75.03
Rank: 12
