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1. Aristophanes ie Ἀριστοφάνης c. 446 - c. 386 BC
Sun Oct 26, 2025, 08:39 PM
Oct 2025

Bust of Aristophanes in the Uffizi Gallery, Florence, Italy. Head on a herm. 1st century AD.


Theatre of Dionysus, Athens – in Aristophanes's time, the audience probably sat on wooden benches with earth foundations.

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