?448–?380 bc, Greek comic dramatist, who satirized leading contemporary figures such as Socrates and Euripides. Eleven of his plays are extant, including The Clouds, The Frogs, The Birds, and Lysistrata
Aristophanes in American English
(ˌærɪˈstɑfəˌniz)
450?-388? b.c.; Gr. writer of satirical comic dramas