"Which Greek dramatist wrote ""The Birds"", ""The Frogs"", ""The Wasps"", etc?"
The Frogs The Frogs The Frogs ( "", "Frogs"; Latin: "Ranae", often abbreviated "Ran." or "Ra.") is a comedy written by the Ancient Greek playwright Aristophanes. It was performed at the Lenaia, one of the in Athens, in 405 BC, and received first place. "The Frogs" tells the story of the god Dionysus, who, despairing of the state of Athens' tragedians, travels to Hades (the underworld) to bring the playwright Euripides back from the dead. (Euripides had died the year before, in 406 BC.) He brings along his slave Xanthias, who is smarter and braver than Dionysus. As the play opens, Xanthias
The Frogs the eponymous chorus of frogs (the only scene in which frogs feature in the play). Their croaking refrain – (Greek: ) – greatly annoys Dionysus, who engages in a mocking debate (agon) with the frogs. When he arrives at the shore, Dionysus meets up with Xanthias, who teases him by claiming to see the frightening monster Empusa. A second chorus composed of spirits of Dionysian Mystics soon appear. The next encounter is with Aeacus, who mistakes Dionysus for Heracles due to his attire. Still angry over Heracles' theft of Cerberus, Aeacus threatens to unleash several monsters on him in revenge.