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Brewer's: Aristophanes

The English or modern Aristophanes. Samuel Foote (1722–1777). The French Aristophanes. J. Baptiste Poquelin de Molière (1622–1673). Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham…

Aristophanes of Byzantium

(Encyclopedia) Aristophanes of ByzantiumAristophanes of Byzantiumărˌĭstŏfˈənēz, [key]Aristophanes of Byzantiumbĭzănˈshēəm, –tēəm [key], c.257–180 b.c., Greek scholar. He was librarian at Alexandria…

Aristophanes

(Encyclopedia) AristophanesAristophanesărˌĭstŏfˈənēz [key], c.448 b.c.–c.388 b.c., Greek playwright, Athenian comic poet, greatest of the ancient writers of comedy. His plays, the only full extant…

Cratinus

(Encyclopedia) CratinusCratinuskrətīˈnəs [key], d. c.419 b.c., Athenian comic dramatist. He won the prize at the Athenian drama contest when Aristophanes competed with The Clouds and was regarded…

Cary, Henry Francis

(Encyclopedia) Cary, Henry Francis, 1772–1844, English translator. A graduate of Christ Church College, Oxford, he was assistant librarian in the British Museum from 1826 to 1837. He translated…

Eupolis

(Encyclopedia) EupolisEupolisy&oomacr;ˈpəlĭs [key], fl. 430–411 b.c., Athenian comic poet. He seems to have collaborated with Aristophanes, whom he also attacked; another of his victims was…

Frischlin, Nikodemus

(Encyclopedia) Frischlin, NikodemusFrischlin, Nikodemusnēkōdāˈm&oobreve;s frĭshˈlĭn [key], 1547–90, German satirist and philologist. His dramas, written in Latin and seemingly dealing with…

Frere, John Hookham

(Encyclopedia) Frere, John Hookham, 1769–1846, British writer and diplomat. He was a member of Parliament (1796–1802) and with his friend George Canning wrote effective parodies and satires for the…

Callias, d. c.370 b.c., Athenian leader

(Encyclopedia) Callias, d. c.370 b.c., Athenian leader, one of the generals of the Peloponnesian War. In his old age Callias was one of the ambassadors sent to Sparta with Callistratus to negotiate a…

Kupka, Frank

(Encyclopedia) Kupka, Frank or FrantišekKupka, Frank or Františekfränˈtyĭshĕk k&oobreve;pˈkä [key], 1871–1957, Czech painter, etcher, and illustrator. Kupka illustrated works by Reclus and…