Aristophanes

Japanese: アリストファネス(英語表記)Aristophanēs
Aristophanes
Born: Around 450 BC. Athens
[Died] circa 388 BC. A representative author of ancient Greek comedy. He was active during the Peloponnesian War, and used comedy to advocate anti-war sentiments, criticize problems in politics, culture, education, and other areas of national and social issues, and freely used personal satire and parody-like expressions. Of his 40 works, 11 remain. Acharnēs (Acharnians) (performed in 425 BC), Hippēs (Knights) (424 BC), Nephelai (Clouds) (423 BC), Sphēkes (Wasps) (422 BC), Eirēnē (Peace) (421 BC), Ornithes (Birds) (414 BC), Lȳsistratē (Woman of Peace) (411 BC), Thesmophoriazousai (Thesmophorian Women) (411 BC), Batrachoi (Frogs) (405 BC), Ekklēsiazousai (Council of Women) (392/89 BC), Plutos (God of Fortune) (388 BC).

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Japanese:
[生]前450頃.アテネ
[没]前388頃
ギリシア古喜劇の代表的作者。ペロポネソス戦争の時期に活躍し,喜劇を通じて反戦論を唱え,政治,文化,教育など国家社会の問題を取上げて批判し,個人風刺とパロディー風な表現を自由に行なった。作品 40編中 11編が現存。『アカルナイの人々』 Acharnēs (前 425上演) ,『騎士たち』 Hippēs (前 424) ,『雲』 Nephelai (前 423) ,『すずめ蜂』 Sphēkes (前 422) ,『平和』 Eirēnē (前 421) ,『鳥』 Ornithes (前 414) ,『リュシストラテ (女の平和) 』 Lȳsistratē (前 411) ,『テスモフォリアの女たち』 Thesmophoriazousai (前 411) ,『蛙』 Batrachoi (前 405) ,『女の議会』 Ekklēsiazousai (前 392/89) ,『福の神』 Plutos (前 388) 。

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