"Lysistrata: "Calonice, it's more than I can bear, I am hot… - Aristophanes

"Lysistrata: "Calonice, it's more than I can bear,
I am hot all over with blushes for our sex.
Men say we're slippery rogues — "

Calonice: "And aren't they right?

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Aristophanes (Greek: Ἀριστοφάνης; c. 446 – c. 386 BC) was a Greek poet and playwright of the Old Comedy, also known as the Father of Comedy and the Prince of Ancient Comedy. Of his forty plays, eleven are extant, plus a thousand fragments of the others.

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Native Name: Ἀριστοφάνης

Alternative Names: Father of Comedy

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