The life of Aristophanes spanned the last half of the fifth century B.C. and extended into the fourth century B.C. The exact dates of his birth and death are not known. He was an Athenian citizen, and wrote comedies for the education and entertainment of his fellow citizens. Aristophanes wrote most of his plays during ...
Most of the tragedies written by Greek authors in the fifth century before Christ have been lost, but some of the dramas of Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides survive. Aeschylus, the oldest, died in 456 B.C. Sophocles and Euripides, his younger contemporaries, died a few years before the close of the Peloponnesian War in 404 B.C. ...
The Dunciad’s third book is a portrait of Alexander Pope’s attitude towards the battle of the ancients and the moderns. He satirizes the growing popularity of common booksellers and the pulp, mass producing publishers of Grubstreet. He launches his attacks in the mock-heroic form in which he uses satirical praise to highlight the lowly opinion ...
