Quote of the day
I don't say 'Tis impossible for an impudent man not to rise in the world, but a moderate merit with a large share of impudence is more probable to be advanced than the greatest qualifications without it.
Aristophanes
Born: 446 BC
Died: 386 BC (aged 60)
Bio: Aristophanes, son of Philippus, of the deme Cydathenaeum, was a comic playwright of ancient Athens. Eleven of his thirty plays survive virtually complete.
Known for:
- Lysistrata
- The Frogs
- The Clouds
- The Birds
- The Acharnians
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