Aristophon (Ancient Greek: Ἀριστοφῶν) was an Athenian

comic poet Ancient Greek comedy () was one of the final three principal dramatic forms in the theatre of classical Greece; the others being tragedy and the satyr play. Greek comedy was distinguished from tragedy by its happy endings and use of comically exa ...

of the

Middle Comedy Ancient Greek comedy () was one of the final three principal dramatic forms in the theatre of classical Greece; the others being tragedy and the satyr play The satyr play is a form of Attic theatre performance related to both comedy and trag ...

. He was probably victorious at least once at the

Lenaia The Lenaia () was an annual Athenian festival with a dramatic competition. It was one of the lesser festivals of Athens and Ionia in ancient Greece. The Lenaia took place in Athens in Gamelion, roughly corresponding to January. The festival was in ...

around 350 BCE (IG II2 2325.151).

Surviving titles and fragments

The following eight titles, along with fifteen associated fragments, are all that has survived of Aristophon's work: * ''Babias'' * ''Twin Girls'', or ''Pyraunos'' * ''The Physician'' * ''Callonides'' * ''Perithous'' * ''Plato'' * ''The Pythagorean'' * ''Philonides''

References

* Rudolf Kassel and Colin Austin, ''Poetae Comici Graeci'', Vol. 4 {{authority control 4th-century BC Athenians Ancient Athenian dramatists and playwrights Middle Comic poets