Aristophanes was born in Kydathenaion deme, in today's Plaka quarter, whereas Menander was born in Kifissia, both of which being regions of modern Athens.
...wrote more than 100 plays?
In fact, Menander wrote 108 plays!
...lived during the Peloponnesian War?
Most of surviving plays by Aristophanes were written during the war and many were inspired by it.
...wrote his first play at the age of 18?
The play was Banqueters and it was produced under the name of another poet, due to the young age of Aristophanes.
...wrote comedy?
They were the most famous Ancient Greek comedy-writers.
...produced the most plays that were discovered in papyrus form?
Without the Oxyrynchus scrolls, we wouldn't be able to know much about Menander.
...satirized the famous figures of his time?
As a writer of the First phase of comedy, Aristophanes was free to make fun of generals, philosophers and politicians.
...mostly inspired Shakespeare in his way of writing?
Through the Romans, Menander's way of presenting the human soul was inherited to modern playwrights.
...was inspired by Theophrastus?
The 'Characters' of Theophrastus was a real source of inspiration for young Menander.
...wrote plays that are still performed today?
Although Aristophanes is much more popular, Menander's plays are also occasionaly performed.
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...is the writer of Knights?
Written in 424 B.C.
...showed the role of fortune in human life?
Fortune and destiny are often used by Menander in his plots.
...takes part in Plato's Symposium?
Plato really appreciated Aristophanes, so he used him as a character in this famous dialogue.
...condemned Socrates's philosophical methods?
The Clouds was nothing more than a way of critisising the way Socrates inspired the youth.
...drowned while bathing?
The Athenians constructed a large monument for him, and they also placed his statue in the theatre of Dionysus.
...wrote comedies, from which only fragments survive?
There is an amazing number of more than 1,500 fragments, mainly from citations of other writers or from scrolls.
...really admired Aeschylus?
In Frogs, we can see that Aristophanes thought that the plays written by Aeschylus were better than those of any other tragic poet.
...made fun of the judging mania of the Athenians?
In The Wasps, 422 B.C.
...wrote a comedy named Dyscolos?
Written in 316 B.C, this comedy received the first prize.
...was not afraid to use courtesans as characters?
Courtesants were often main or secondary characters in Menander's plays (Samia etc).
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