Frogs

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Frogs is a comic play by the ancient Athenian playwright Aristophanes that satirically explores the state of Athenian drama and politics through a journey to the underworld.

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Frogs canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Ancient Greek comedy ⓘ
play ⓘ
satirical work ⓘ
author Aristophanes ⓘ
awarded first prize at the Lenaia ⓘ
containsCharacter Charon ⓘ
Heracles ⓘ
Pluto ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Classical Athens ⓘ
dramaticCompetition Lenaia dramatic festival ⓘ
linked to: Lenaia festival
dramaticType choral comedy ⓘ
featuresChorusOf frogs ⓘ
firstPerformanceFestival Lenaia ⓘ
firstPerformanceLocation Athens ⓘ
firstPerformanceYear 405 BC ⓘ
genre Old Comedy ⓘ
literaryForm verse drama ⓘ
literaryPeriod Classical Greek literature ⓘ
literarySignificance important source for understanding Old Comedy ⓘ
key text for the reception of Aeschylus and Euripides in antiquity ⓘ
major work of Aristophanes ⓘ
mainCharacter Aeschylus ⓘ
Dionysus ⓘ
Euripides ⓘ
Xanthias ⓘ
movement Old Attic Comedy ⓘ
linked to: Attic Old Comedy
mythologicalContext Dionysian mythology ⓘ
linked to: Dionysian Mysteries
notableScene agon (contest) between Aeschylus and Euripides in Hades ⓘ
originalLanguage Ancient Greek ⓘ
parabasisFunction direct commentary on Athenian politics and society ⓘ
plotSummary Dionysus travels to the underworld to bring back a great tragedian to save Athenian drama ⓘ
politicalDimension commentary on leadership and civic responsibility in Athens ⓘ
satirizes Athenian intellectuals ⓘ
Athenian political situation during the Peloponnesian War ⓘ
Euripides ⓘ
setting Athens ⓘ
Underworld ⓘ
structure agon ⓘ
episodes ⓘ
exodos ⓘ
parabasis ⓘ
parodos ⓘ
prologue ⓘ
targetAudience Athenian citizen body ⓘ
theme Athenian drama ⓘ
Athenian politics ⓘ
critique of contemporary tragedy ⓘ
role of the poet in society ⓘ
timePeriodDepicted late Peloponnesian War era ⓘ
usesMeter various Greek lyric and iambic meters ⓘ

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