Aristophanes (circa 450 -. Ca. 385 BC...) - Greek playwright, the most illustrious representative of the so-called ancient Attic comedy, the only one whose works have come down to us, not only in fragmentah.Komediya "Frogs", set on the stage 405 BC. e. and brought the author the first prize, his agony is remarkable - the dispute about the poetic art of the two outstanding playwrights - Aeschylus and Euripides.