Aristophanes

 

ARISTOPHANES

 

Aristophanês (Αριστοφανης).
Born about 445 BCE in the deme of Kydathenaion (Attica).
Died after 385 BCE, probably in Athens.
Wikipedia: English, French.
Categories: Comedies, Spuria, References.
Surviving Plays: The Acharnians, The Knights, The Clouds, The Wasps, The Peace, The Birds, Lysistrata, Women at the Thesmophoria, The Frogs, Women at the Assembly, Plutus.

 

COMEDIES

The Banqueters (427 BCE, fragments).
 (Δαιταλης | Daitalês).
 Produced by Callistratus. Won the second prize.
 Greek: Dindorf (1835); • Hall-Geldart (1901, ed. 1962).

The Babylonians (426 BCE, fragments).
 (Βαβυλωνιοι | Babulônioi).
 Produced by Callistratus at the Dionysia. Won the first prize.
 Greek: Dindorf (1835); • Hall-Geldart (1901, ed. 1962).

The Acharnians (425 BCE).
 (Αχαρνης | Akharnês | Latin: Acharnenses).
 Produced by Callistratus at the Lenaia. Won the first prize.
 Greek: Aldus (editio princeps, 1498); • Grynaeus (1532); • Dindorf (1835; notes in 1837; argument and scholia in 1838); • Mitchell (1835); • Hall-Geldart (1900, ed. 1964).
 English: The Acharnians (Thomas Mitchell, 1820; verse); • The Acharnians (John Wood Warter, 1830); • The Acharnians (Benjamin Dann Walsh, 1837; verse); • The Acharnians (Charles Apthorp Wheelwright, 1837; verse); • The Acharnians (John Hookham Frere, 1839; verse; see also 1840 and 1886); • The Acharnians (William James Hickie, 1853); • Acharnians (Leonard-Hampson Rudd, 1867; verse); • The Acharnians (Charles James Billson, 1882; verse); • The Acharnians (Robert Yelverton Tyrrell, 1883; verse); • The Acharnians (Thomas Nash, 1883; anonymously revised in 1898); • The Acharnians (W. H. Covington, 1894); • The Acharnians (William Joseph Myles Starkie, 1909); • The Acharnians (Benjamin Bickley Rogers, 1910; verse); • The Acharnians (anonymous, 1912); • The Acharnians (Douglass Parker, 1961, ed. 1969); • The Acharnians, or The Personal Peace (Alan Sommerstein, 1973; first translation); • Acharnians (Alan Sommerstein, 1980; second translation); • The Acharnians (Jack Flavin, 1998); • Acharnians (Jeffrey Henderson, 1992; first translation); • Acharnians (Jeffrey Henderson, 1998; second translation, Loeb edition); • Acharnians (Paul Roche, 2005); • Acharnians (Michael Ewans, 2012); • Acharnians (Stephen Halliwell, 2022; verse).
 French: Les Akharniens (Louis Poinsinet de Sivry, 1784); • Les Acharniens (André-Charles Brotier, 1787; revised by Louis Humbert in 1882); • Les Acharniens (Nicolas Artaud, 1830); • Les Acharniens (Constant Poyard, 1860); • Les Acharniens (Amédée Fleury, 1862, ed. 1864; verse); • Les Acharniens (Charles Zévort, 1889; edited by Jacques Denis); • Les Akharniens (Eugène Talbot, 1897); • Les Acharniens (Alphonse Willems, 1919); • Les Acharniens (Hilaire Van Daele, 1923, ed. 1964; Budé edition); • Les Acharniens (Marc-Jean Alfonsi, 1932); • Les Acharniens (Victor-Henry Debidour, 1965); • Les Acharniens (Pascal Thiercy, 1988); • Les Acharniens (Anne de Cremoux, 2008).

The Knights (424 BCE).
 (Ιππης | Hippês | Latin: Equites).
 Produced by Aristophanes at the Lenaia. Won the first prize.
 Greek: Aldus (editio princeps, 1498); • Grynaeus (1532); • Dindorf (1835; notes in 1837; argument and scholia in 1838); • Mitchell (1836); • Hall-Geldart (1900, ed. 1964).
 English: The Knights, or The Demagogues (Thomas Mitchell, 1820; verse); • The Knights (John Wood Warter, 1830); • The Knights (Benjamin Dann Walsh, 1837; verse); • The Knights (Charles Apthorp Wheelwright, 1837; verse); • The Knights (John Hookham Frere, 1840; verse; see also 1886); • The Knights (F. H. Williams, 1844); • The Knights (William James Hickie, 1853); • The Knights (H. Wallace, 1854); • Knights (Leonard-Hampson Rudd, 1867; verse); • Equites (J. A. Prout, c. 1900); • The Knights (Benjamin Bickley Rogers, 1910; verse); • The Knights (anonymous, 1912); • Knights (Robert Henning Webb, 1962, ed. 1972); • The Knights (Alan Sommerstein, 1978; first translation); • Knights (Alan Sommerstein, 1981; second translation); • Knights (Jeffrey Henderson, 1998; Loeb edition); • The Suits (Greg Delanty, 1999); • Knights (Paul Roche, 2005); • Knights (Ian Johnston, 2010); • Knights (Michael Ewans, 2012); • Knights (Stephen Halliwell, 2022; verse).
 French: Les chevaliers (Louis Poinsinet de Sivry, 1784); • Les chevaliers (André-Charles Brotier, 1788; revised by Louis Humbert in 1882); • Les chevaliers (Nicolas Artaud, 1830); • Les chevaliers (Constant Poyard, 1860); • Les cavaliers (Amédée Fleury, 1862, ed. 1864; verse); • Les chevaliers (Charles Zévort, 1889; edited by Jacques Denis); • Les chevaliers (Eugène Talbot, 1897); • Les cavaliers (Alphonse Willems, 1919); • Les cavaliers (Hilaire Van Daele, 1923, ed. 1964; Budé edition); • Les chevaliers (Edmond Aubé, 1926; verse); • Les cavaliers (Marc-Jean Alfonsi, 1932); • Les cavaliers (Victor-Henry Debidour, 1965); • Les cavaliers (Pascal Thiercy, 1997).

The Farmers (c. 424 BCE, fragments).
 (Γεωργοι | Geôrgoi).
 Produced at the Dionysia.
 Greek: Dindorf (1835); • Hall-Geldart (1901, ed. 1962).

The Merchant Ships (c. 423 BCE, fragments).
 (Ολκαδες | Holkades).
 Produced at the Lenaia.
 Greek: Dindorf (1835); • Hall-Geldart (1901, ed. 1962).

The Clouds (423 BCE).
 (Νεφελαι | Nephelai | Latin: Nubes).
 Produced by Aristophanes at the Dionysia. Won the third prize or lower. Incompletely revised a few years later. This second version, which was not performed, is the one that survived.
 Greek: Aldus (editio princeps, 1498); • Grynaeus (1532); • Dindorf (1835; notes in 1837; argument and scholia in 1838); • Mitchell (1838); • Hall-Geldart (1900, ed. 1964); • Hall-Geldart (1901, ed. 1962; fragments from the first version).
 English: The Clouds (Thomas Stanley, 1655; verse; see also 1656); • The Clouds (Lewis Theobald, 1715); • The Clouds (James White, 1759; verse); • The Clouds (Richard Cumberland, 1798; verse; see also 1812 and 1822); • The Clouds (Benjamin Dann Walsh, 1837; verse); • The Clouds (Charles Apthorp Wheelwright, 1837; verse); • The Clouds (anonymous, 1840); • The Clouds (Charles Gerard, 1842); • The Clouds (Benjamin Bickley Rogers, 1852; verse; see also 1916); • The Clouds (William James Hickie, 1853); • Clouds (Leonard-Hampson Rudd, 1867; verse); • The Clouds (Thomas Nash, 1883); • The Clouds (Thomas James Arnold, c. 1887); • The Clouds (Herbert Hailstone, 1888); • The Clouds (William Joseph Myles Starkie, 1911); • The Clouds (anonymous, 1912); • Clouds (Robert Henning Webb, 1960); • The Clouds (William Arrowsmith, 1962, ed. 1969); • Clouds (Moses Hadas, 1962, ed. 1972); • The Clouds, or The School for Sophists (Alan Sommerstein, 1973; first translation); • Clouds (Alan Sommerstein, 1982, ed. 2007; second translation); • The Clouds (James Mantinband, 1983); • Clouds (Jeffrey Henderson, 1992, ed. 1997; first translation); • Clouds (Jeffrey Henderson, 1998; second translation, Loeb edition); • Clouds (Peter Meineck, 1998, ed. 1999); • Clouds (Carol Poster, 1999); • Clouds (Paul Roche, 2005); • Clouds (Ian Johnston, 2008); • Clouds (John Claughton and Judith Affleck, 2012); • Clouds (Stephen Halliwell, 2015; verse).
 French: Les nuées (Anne Dacier, 1684; see also 1692); • Les nuées (Louis Poinsinet de Sivry, 1784; verse); • Les nuées (André-Charles Brotier, 1788; after Dacier; revised by Louis Humbert in 1882); • Les nuées (Christoph Matthäus Ploucquet, 1788); • Les nuées (Nicolas Artaud, 1830); • Les nuées (Constant Poyard, 1860); • Les nuées (Amédée Fleury, 1862, ed. 1864; verse); • Les nuées (Charles Zévort, 1889; edited by Jacques Denis); • Les nuées (Eugène Talbot, 1897); • Les nuées (Alphonse Willems, 1919); • Les nuées (Hilaire Van Daele, 1923, ed. 1964; Budé edition); • Les nuées (Marc-Jean Alfonsi, 1932); • Les nuées (Paul Schricke, 1934); • Les nuées (Victor-Henry Debidour, 1965); • Les nuées (Pascal Thiercy, 1997); • Les nuées (Bernard Pautrat, 2008).

The Proagon (422 BCE, fragments).
 (Προαγων | Proagôn).
 Produced by Philonides at the Lenaia. Won the first or second prize.
 Greek: Dindorf (1835); • Hall-Geldart (1901, ed. 1962).

The Wasps (422 BCE).
 (Σφηκες | Sphêkes | Latin: Vespae).
 Produced by Aristophanes at the Lenaia. Won the second or first prize.
 Greek: Aldus (editio princeps, 1498); • Grynaeus (1532); • Dindorf (1835; notes in 1837; argument and scholia in 1838); • Mitchell (1835); • Hall-Geldart (1900, ed. 1964).
 English: The Wasps and The Dicast Turned Gentleman (Thomas Mitchell, 1822; verse); • The Wasps (John Wood Warter, 1830); • The Wasps (Charles Apthorp Wheelwright, 1837; verse); • The Wasps (William James Hickie, 1853); • Wasps (Leonard-Hampson Rudd, 1867; verse); • The Wasps (Benjamin Bickley Rogers, 1875; verse; see also 1915); • Vespae (Francis Giffard Plaistowe, 1893); • The Wasps (Herbert Hailstone, 1896); • Vespae (J. A. Prout, 1896); • The Wasps (John William Rundall, 1896); • The Wasps (anonymous, 1912); • The Wasps (Douglass Parker, 1962); • Wasps (Moses Hadas, 1962, ed. 1972); • The Wasps (David Barrett, 1964; revised in 2007 as Wasps); • Wasps (Alan Sommerstein, 1983); • Wasps (Jeffrey Henderson, 1998; Loeb edition); • Wasps (Peter Meineck, 1998, ed. 1999); • Wasps (Campbell McGrath, 1999); • Wasps (Paul Roche, 2005); • Wasps (Stephen Halliwell, 2022; verse).
 French: Les guêpes (Louis Poinsinet de Sivry, 1784); • Les guêpes (André-Charles Brotier, 1788; revised by Louis Humbert in 1882); • Les guêpes (Nicolas Artaud, 1830); • Les guêpes (Constant Poyard, 1860); • Les guêpes (Amédée Fleury, 1862, ed. 1864; verse); • Les guêpes (Charles Zévort, 1889; edited by Jacques Denis); • Les guêpes (Eugène Talbot, 1897); • Les guêpes (Alphonse Willems, 1909); • Les guêpes (Hilaire Van Daele, 1925; Budé edition); • Les guêpes (Marc-Jean Alfonsi, 1932); • Les guêpes (Victor-Henry Debidour, 1965); • Les guêpes (Pascal Thiercy, 1997).

The Peace (421 BCE).
 (Ειρηνη | Eirênê | Latin: Pax).
 Produced by Aristophanes at the Dionysia. Won the second prize. Mentions of a second play by Aristophanes with the same title are most likely erroneous (see Benjamin Bickley Rogers’s introduction to his translation).
 Greek: Aldus (editio princeps, 1498); • Grynaeus (1532); • Dindorf (1835; notes in 1837; argument and scholia in 1838); • Hall-Geldart (1900, ed. 1964); • Hall-Geldart (1901, ed. 1962; fragments).
 English: The Peace (Charles Apthorp Wheelwright, 1837; verse); • Peace (anonymous, 1840); • Peace (William James Hickie, 1853); • The Peace (Benjamin Bickley Rogers, 1866; verse; see also 1913); • Peace (Leonard-Hampson Rudd, 1867; verse); • Peace (anonymous, Glasgow, 1893); • Peace (anonymous, 1912); • Peace (Robert Henning Webb, 1964); • Peace (Alan Sommerstein, 1978; first translation); • Peace (Alan Sommerstein, 1985, ed. 1990; second translation); • Peace (Jeffrey Henderson, 1998; Loeb edition); • Peace (Fred Beake, 1998); • Peace (Paul Roche, 2005); • Peace (Ian Johnston, 2010); • Peace (Michael Ewans, 2012); • Peace (Stephen Halliwell, 2022; verse).
 French: La paix (Louis Poinsinet de Sivry, 1784); • La paix (André-Charles Brotier, 1788; revised by Louis Humbert in 1882); • La paix (Nicolas Artaud, 1830); • La paix (Constant Poyard, 1860); • La paix (Amédée Fleury, 1862, ed. 1864; verse); • La paix (Charles Zévort, 1889; edited by Jacques Denis); • La paix (Eugène Talbot, 1897); • La paix (Alphonse Willems, 1919); • La paix (Hilaire Van Daele, 1925; Budé edition); • La paix (Louis Martin-Chauffier, 1930); • La paix (Marc-Jean Alfonsi, 1932); • La paix (Victor-Henry Debidour, 1965); • La paix (Pascal Thiercy, 1997).

The Seasons (421–412 BCE, fragments).
 (Ωραι | Hôrai).
 Greek: Dindorf (1835); • Hall-Geldart (1901, ed. 1962).

Women Seizing Tents (after c. 420 BCE, fragments).
 (Σκηνας καταλαμβανουσαι | Skênas katalambanousai).
 Greek: Dindorf (1835); • Hall-Geldart (1901, ed. 1962).

Anagyrus (419–417 BCE, fragments).
 (Αναγυρος | Anaguros).
 Greek: Dindorf (1835); • Hall-Geldart (1901, ed. 1962).

Polyidus (after c. 415 BCE, fragments).
 (Πολυιδος | Poluidos).
 Greek: Dindorf (1835); • Hall-Geldart (1901, ed. 1962).

Amphiaraus (414 BCE, fragments).
 (Αμφιαραος | Amphiaraos).
 Produced by Philonides at the Lenaia.
 Greek: Dindorf (1835); • Hall-Geldart (1901, ed. 1962).

The Birds (414 BCE).
 (Ορνιθες | Ornithes | Latin: Aves).
 Produced by Callistratus at the Dionysia. Won the second prize.
 Greek: Aldus (editio princeps, 1498); • Grynaeus (1532); • Dindorf (1835; notes in 1837; argument and scholia in 1838); • Hall-Geldart (1900, ed. 1964).
 English: The Birds (anonymous, 1812); • The Birds (Henry Francis Cary, 1824; verse); • The Birds (John Wood Warter, 1830); • The Birds (Charles Apthorp Wheelwright, 1837; verse); • The Birds (John Hookham Frere, 1840; verse; see also 1883 and 1886); • The Birds (William James Hickie, 1853); • Birds (Leonard-Hampson Rudd, 1867; verse); • The Birds (Benjamin Hall Kennedy, 1874; verse); • The Birds (George Samuel Hodges, 1876; verse; see also 1896); • The Birds (Benjamin Bickley Rogers, 1906; verse); • The Birds (anonymous, 1912); • The Birds (Dudley Fitts, 1957); • The Birds (William Arrowsmith, 1961); • Birds (Robert Henning Webb, 1962, ed. 1972); • The Birds (David Barrett, 1978); • The Birds (James Mantinband, 1983); • Birds (Alan Sommerstein, 1987, ed. 2006); • Birds (Stephen Halliwell, 1997, ed. 1998; verse); • Birds (Peter Meineck, 1998, ed. 1999); • Birds (Paul Muldoon and Richard Martin, 1999); • The Birds (Jeffrey Henderson, 1999; revised in 2000 as Birds for the Loeb edition); • Birds (Paul Roche, 2005); • Birds (Ian Johnston, 2008).
 French: Les oiseaux (Jean Boivin, 1729); • Les oiseaux (Louis Poinsinet de Sivry, 1784; verse); • Les oiseaux (André-Charles Brotier, 1788; after Boivin; revised by Louis Humbert in 1882); • Les oiseaux (Nicolas Artaud, 1830); • Les oiseaux (Constant Poyard, 1860); • Les oiseaux (Amédée Fleury, 1862, ed. 1864; verse); • Les oiseaux (Henri Dauphin, 1863); • Les oiseaux (Félix Rabbe, 1888); • Les oiseaux (Charles Zévort, 1889; edited by Jacques Denis); • Les oiseaux (Eugène Talbot, 1897); • Les oiseaux (Théodore Lascaris, 1909); • Les oiseaux (Alphonse Willems, 1919); • Les oiseaux (Hilaire Van Daele, 1928, ed. 1963; Budé edition); • Les oiseaux (Mario Meunier, 1928); • Les oiseaux (Marc-Jean Alfonsi, 1933, ed. 1966); • Les oiseaux (Alexandre-Marie Desrousseaux, 1950); • Les oiseaux (Victor-Henry Debidour, 1966); • Les oiseaux (Claude Barousse, 1996); • Les oiseaux (Pascal Thiercy, 1997); • Les oiseaux (Agathe Mélinand, 2017).

The Heroes (c. 413–411 BCE, fragments).
 (Ηρωες | Hêrôes).
 Greek: Dindorf (1835); • Hall-Geldart (1901, ed. 1962).

Daedalus (c. 413–406 BCE, fragments).
 (Δαιδαλος | Daidalos).
 Greek: Dindorf (1835); • Hall-Geldart (1901, ed. 1962).

Lysistrata (411 BCE).
 (Λυσιστρατη | Lusistratê | Latin: Lysistrata).
 Produced by Callistratus at the Lenaia.
 Greek: Giunta (editio princeps, 1515); • Grynaeus (1532); • Dindorf (1835; notes in 1837; argument and scholia in 1838); • Hall-Geldart (1901, ed. 1962).
 English: The Lysistrata (Charles Apthorp Wheelwright, 1837; verse); • Lysistrata (William James Hickie, 1853); • The Revolt of the Women (Benjamin Bickley Rogers, 1878; verse; also as The Lysistrata in 1911); • Lysistrata (anonymous, 1912); • Lysistrata (Jack Lindsay, 1925, ed. 1943; verse); • Lysistrata (Dudley Fitts, 1954, ed. 1962); • Lysistrata (Robert Henning Webb, 1963); • Lysistrata (Douglass Parker, 1964); • Lysistrata, or The Flight of the Swallows (Alan Sommerstein, 1973; first translation); • Lysistrata (James Mantinband, 1983); • Lysistrata (Jeffrey Henderson, 1988; first translation); • Lysistrata (Alan Sommerstein, 1990; second translation); • Lysistrata (Jeffrey Henderson, 1996; second translation; revised in 2000 for the Loeb edition); • Lysistrata (Stephen Halliwell, 1997, ed. 1998; verse); • Lysistrata (X. J. Kennedy, 1999); • Lysistrata (Sarah Ruden, 2003); • Lysistrata (Paul Roche, 2004, ed. 2005); • Lysistrata (Ian Johnston, 2008); • Lysistrata (Michael Ewans, 2010).
 French: Lysistrate (Louis Poinsinet de Sivry, 1784); • Lysistrata (André-Charles Brotier, 1788; revised by Louis Humbert in 1882); • Lysistrata (Nicolas Artaud, 1830); • Lysistrata (Constant Poyard, 1860); • Lysistrate (Amédée Fleury, 1862, ed. 1864; verse); • Lysistrate (Charles Zévort, 1889; edited by Jacques Denis; illustrated edition in 1898 as Lysistrata); • Lysistrata (Eugène Talbot, 1897); • Lysistrate (Lucien Dhuys, 1911); • Lysistrata (Alphonse Willems, 1919); • Lysistrata (Raoul Vèze, 1928); • Lysistrata (Hilaire Van Daele, 1928, ed. 1963; Budé edition); • Lysistrata (Marc-Jean Alfonsi, 1933, ed. 1966); • Lysistrata (Émile Chamontin, 1941); • Lysistrata (Victor-Henry Debidour, 1966); • Lysistrata (Pascal Thiercy, 1997); • Lysistrata (Laetitia Bianchi and Raphaël Meltz, 2003).

Women at the Thesmophoria (411 BCE).
 (Θεσμοφοριαζουσαι | Thesmophoriazousai | Latin: Thesmophoriazusae).
 Produced at the Dionysia. Set on the second day of the Thesmophoria.
 Greek: Giunta (editio princeps, 1515); • Grynaeus (1532); • Dindorf (1835; notes in 1837; scholia in 1838); • Hall-Geldart (1901, ed. 1962).
 English: The Thesmophoriazusae, or Women Celebrating the Feasts of Ceres and Proserpine (Charles Apthorp Wheelwright, 1837; verse); • The Thesmophoriazusae (William James Hickie, 1853); • The Thesmophoriazusae (Benjamin Bickley Rogers, 1906; verse; see also 1911); • The Thesmophoriazusae (anonymous, 1912); • Ladies’ Day (Dudley Fitts, 1959); • The Poet and the Women (David Barrett, 1964; revised in 2007 as Women at the Thesmophoria); • Thesmophoriazusae (Alan Sommerstein, 1994); • Women at the Thesmophoria (Jeffrey Henderson, 1996; revised in 2000 for the Loeb edition); • Celebrating Ladies (David Slavitt, 1998); • Women at Thesmophoria Festival (Paul Roche, 2005); • The Women’s Festival (Michael Ewans, 2010); • Women at the Thesmophoria (Stephen Halliwell, 2015; verse).
 French: Les fêtes de Cérès (Louis Poinsinet de Sivry, 1784); • Les fêtes de Cérès et de Proserpine (André-Charles Brotier, 1788; revised by Louis Humbert in 1882); • Les Thesmophories, ou Fêtes de Cérès et de Proserpine (Nicolas Artaud, 1830); • Les fêtes de Cérès et de Proserpine (Constant Poyard, 1860); • Les femmes aux fêtes de Cérès (Amédée Fleury, 1862, ed. 1864; verse); • Les Thesmophories (Charles Zévort, 1889; edited by Jacques Denis); • Les Thesmophoriazouses, ou Les femmes aux fêtes de Dèmètèr (Eugène Talbot, 1897); • Les Thesmophories (Alphonse Willems, 1919); • Les Thesmophories (Hilaire Van Daele, 1928, ed. 1962; Budé edition); • Les Thesmophories (Marc-Jean Alfonsi, 1933, ed. 1966); • Les Thesmophories (Victor-Henry Debidour, 1966); • Les Thesmophorieuses (Pascal Thiercy, 1997); • Les Thesmophories, ou La fête des femmes (Rosella Saetta Cottone, 2016).

Triphales (c. 410–409 BCE, fragments).
 (Τριφαλης | Triphalês).
 Greek: Dindorf (1835); • Hall-Geldart (1901, ed. 1962).

Women at the Thesmophoria [II] (c. 410–405 BCE, fragments).
 (Θεσμοφοριαζουσαι [δευτεραι] | Thesmophoriazousai [deuterai]).
  Set on the third day of the Thesmophoria. Possibly a continuation of the earlier play of the same name.
 Greek: Dindorf (1835); • Hall-Geldart (1901, ed. 1962).

The Lemnian Women (after 410 BCE, fragments).
 (Λημνιαι | Lêmniai).
 Greek: Dindorf (1835); • Hall-Geldart (1901, ed. 1962).

Old Age (after 409 BCE, fragments).
 (Γηρας | Gêras).
 Greek: Dindorf (1835); • Hall-Geldart (1901, ed. 1962).

The Phoenician Women (after 409 BCE, fragments).
 (Φοινισσαι | Phoinissai).
 Greek: Dindorf (1835); • Hall-Geldart (1901, ed. 1962).

Plutus [I] (408 BCE, fragments).
 (Πλουτος [πρωτος] | Ploutos [prôtos]).
 This comedy was most likely altogether different from the play bearing the same title that was produced twenty years later.
 Greek: Dindorf (1835); • Hall-Geldart (1901, ed. 1962).

Gerytades (c. 408 BCE, fragments).
 (Γηρυταδης | Gêrutadês).
 Greek: Dindorf (1835); • Hall-Geldart (1901, ed. 1962).

Dramas, or The Centaur (before 406 BCE, fragments).
 (Δραματα η Κενταυρος | Dramata ê Kentauros).
 Greek: Dindorf (1835); • Hall-Geldart (1901, ed. 1962).

The Danaids (before 405 BCE, fragments).
 (Δαναιδες | Danaides).
 Greek: Dindorf (1835); • Hall-Geldart (1901, ed. 1962).

The Frogs (405 BCE).
 (Βατραχοι | Batrakhoi | Latin: Ranae).
 Produced by Philonides at the Lenaia. Won the first prize. Performed again, by civic decree, probably at the Lenaia of 404 BCE.
 Greek: Aldus (editio princeps, 1498); • Grynaeus (1532); • Dindorf (1835; notes in 1837; argument and scholia in 1838); • Mitchell (1839); • Hall-Geldart (1901, ed. 1962).
 English: The Frogs (Charles Dunster, 1785, ed. 1800; verse; see also 1812); • The Frogs (anonymous, 1822); • The Frogs (Charles Apthorp Wheelwright, 1837; verse); • The Frogs (John Hookham Frere, 1839; verse; see also 1872); • The Frogs (Charles Cavendish Clifford, 1848; verse); • The Frogs (William James Hickie, 1853); • Frogs (Leonard-Hampson Rudd, 1867; verse); • The Frogs (Thomas Nash, 1883; revised by E. L. Hawkins in 1895); • The Frogs (Alfred Davies Cope, 1895; verse; revised in 1911); • Ranae (Francis Giffard Plaistowe, 1896); • Ranae (J. A. Prout, 1896); • The Frogs (Edward Wynn Huntingford, 1900; verse); • The Frogs (Benjamin Bickley Rogers, 1902; verse); • The Frogs (Gilbert Murray, 1902, ed. 1908; verse); • The Frogs (anonymous, 1912); • The Frogs (Dudley Fitts, 1955); • The Frogs (Richmond Lattimore, 1962); • Frogs (Robert Henning Webb, 1962, ed. 1972); • The Frogs (David Barrett, 1964; revised in 2007 as Frogs); • The Frogs (James Mantinband, 1983); • Frogs (Peter Meineck, 1991); • Frogs (Alan Sommerstein, 1996); • Frogs (Alfred Corn, 1999); • Frogs (Jeffrey Henderson, 2002; Loeb edition); • Frogs (Paul Roche, 2004, ed. 2005); • Frogs (Ian Johnston, 2008); • Frogs (Michael Ewans, 2010); • Frogs (Judith Affleck and Clive Letchford, 2014); • Frogs (Stephen Halliwell, 2015; verse).
 French: Les grenouilles (Louis Poinsinet de Sivry, 1784; verse); • Les grenouilles (André-Charles Brotier, 1789; revised by Louis Humbert in 1882); • Les grenouilles (Nicolas Artaud, 1830); • Les grenouilles (Constant Poyard, 1860); • Les grenouilles (Amédée Fleury, 1862, ed. 1864; verse); • Les grenouilles (Charles Zévort, 1889; edited by Jacques Denis); • Les grenouilles (Eugène Talbot, 1897); • Les grenouilles (Alphonse Willems, 1919); • Les grenouilles (Hilaire Van Daele, 1928, ed. 1962; Budé edition); • Les grenouilles (Marc-Jean Alfonsi, 1933, ed. 1966); • Les grenouilles (Victor-Henry Debidour, 1966); • Les grenouilles (Pascal Thiercy, 1997); • Les grenouilles (Pierre Judet de La Combe, 2012); • Les grenouilles (Sylvie Brunet, 2022).

The Telmessians (c. 402 BCE, fragments).
 (Τελμησσης | Telmêssês).
 Greek: Dindorf (1835); • Hall-Geldart (1901, ed. 1962).

The Broilers (before 400 BCE, fragments).
 (Ταγηνισται | Tagênistai).
 Greek: Dindorf (1835); • Hall-Geldart (1901, ed. 1962).

The Storks (c. 398–389 BCE, fragments).
 (Πελαργοι | Pelargoi).
 Greek: Dindorf (1835); • Hall-Geldart (1901, ed. 1962).

Women at the Assembly (c. 392 BCE).
 (Εκκλησιαζουσαι | Ekklêsiazousai | Latin: Ecclesiazusae).
 Greek: Aldus (editio princeps, 1498); • Grynaeus (1532); • Dindorf (1835; notes in 1837; argument and scholia in 1838); • Hall-Geldart (1901, ed. 1962).
 English: Ecclesiazusae (Smith, 1834); • The Female Haranguers, or Women in Council Assembled (Charles Apthorp Wheelwright, 1837; verse); • The Ecclesiazusae (William James Hickie, 1853); • The Ecclesiazusae (Benjamin Bickley Rogers, 1902; verse); • The Ecclesiazusae (anonymous, 1912); • Women in Parliament (Jack Lindsay, 1929, ed. 1972; verse); • The Congresswomen (Douglass Parker, 1967); • The Assemblywomen, or Women Seize the Reins (David Barrett, 1978); • Assemblywomen (Jeffrey Henderson, 1996; revised in 2002 for the Loeb edition); • Assembly-Women (Stephen Halliwell, 1997, ed. 1998; verse); • Ecclesiazusae (Alan Sommerstein, 1998); • The Sexual Congress, or Don’t Call Me Late for Chow (Richard H. W. Dillard, 1999); • A Parliament of Women (Paul Roche, 2004, ed. 2005).
 French: Les harangueuses, ou Les comices des femmes (Louis Poinsinet de Sivry, 1784); • Les harangueuses, ou L’assemblée des femmes (André-Charles Brotier, 1789; revised by Louis Humbert in 1882); • Les harangueuses, ou L’assemblée des femmes (Nicolas Artaud, 1830); • L’assemblée des femmes (Constant Poyard, 1860); • Les femmes aux affaires publiques (Amédée Fleury, 1862, ed. 1864; verse); • L’assemblée des femmes (Charles Zévort, 1889; edited by Jacques Denis); • Les ekklèsiazouses, ou L’assemblée des femmes (Eugène Talbot, 1897); • L’ecclésie des femmes (Alphonse Willems, 1919); • L’assemblée des femmes (Eugène-Humbert Guitard, 1929); • L’assemblée des femmes (Hilaire Van Daele, 1930, ed. 1963; Budé edition); • L’assemblée des femmes (Marc-Jean Alfonsi, 1933, ed. 1966); • L’assemblée des femmes (Victor-Henry Debidour, 1966); • L’assemblée des femmes (Alexandre Nora-Neeser, 1991); • Les femmes à l’assemblée (Pascal Thiercy, 1997).

Plutus (388 BCE).
 (Πλουτος | Ploutos | Latin: Plutus).
 Last play produced by Aristophanes in his own name.
 Greek: Aldus (editio princeps, 1498); • Grynaeus (1532); • Dindorf (1835; notes in 1837; argument and scholia in 1838); • Lécluse (1845); • Hall-Geldart (1901, ed. 1962).
 English: The World’s Idol: Plutus (H. H. B., 1659); • Plutus, or The World’s Idol (Lewis Theobald, 1715); • Plutus, the God of Riches (Henry Fielding and William Young, 1742; see also 1812); • Plutus (anonymous, 1822); • Plutus, or The God of Riches (Edmund Carrington, 1825; verse); • Plutus (Charles Apthorp Wheelwright, 1837; verse); • Plutus (William James Hickie, 1853); • Plutus (Leonard-Hampson Rudd, 1867; verse); • The Plutus (Herbert Hailstone, 1887); • Plutus (Michael Thomas Quinn, 1889); • Plutus (J. A. Prout, c. 1901); • The Plutus (Benjamin Bickley Rogers, 1907; verse); • The Plutus (William Rann Kennedy, 1912; verse); • The Plutus (Cyril Henry Prichard, 1912); • Plutus (anonymous, 1912); • Wealth (Alan Sommerstein, 1978; first translation); • Wealth (Alan Sommerstein, 2001; second translation; see also Indexes, 2002); • Wealth (Stephen Halliwell, 1997, ed. 1998; verse); • Wealth (Palmer Bovie, 1998); • Wealth (Jeffrey Henderson, 2002; Loeb edition); • Plutus (Wealth) (Paul Roche, 2004, ed. 2005).
 French: Le Plutus (Anne Dacier, 1684; see also 1692); • Plutus (Louis Poinsinet de Sivry, 1771; verse; see also 1784); • Plutus (André-Charles Brotier, 1789; after Dacier; revised by Louis Humbert in 1882); • Plutus (Nicolas Artaud, 1830); • Plutus (D. Cattant, 1843; see also 1897); • Plutus, ou La richesse (Eugène Fallex, 1849; verse); • Plutus, ou L’égale répartition des richesses (Amédée Fleury, 1851; verse; see also 1864); • Plutus (D. A. G. Verneuil, 1859); • Plutus (J.-B. Bernot, 1859; verse); • Plutus (Constant Poyard, 1860); • Plutus (Charles Zévort, 1889; edited by Jacques Denis); • Ploutos (Eugène Talbot, 1897); • Ploutos (Alphonse Willems, 1919); • Ploutos (Hilaire Van Daele, 1930, ed. 1963; Budé edition); • Ploutos (Marc-Jean Alfonsi, 1933, ed. 1966); • Plutus (Victor-Henry Debidour, 1966); • Ploutos (Pascal Thiercy, 1997).

Cocalus (387 BCE, fragments).
 (Κωκαλος | Kôkalos).
 Produced by Araros, son of Aristophanes, at the Dionysia. Won the first prize.
 Greek: Dindorf (1835); • Hall-Geldart (1901, ed. 1962).

Aiolosicon (c. 386 BCE, fragments).
 (Αιολοσικων | Aiolosikôn).
 Produced by Araros.
 Greek: Dindorf (1835); • Hall-Geldart (1901, ed. 1962).

Other fragments.
 Fragments from unidentified plays.
 Greek: Dindorf (1835); • Hall-Geldart (1901, ed. 1962).

 

SPURIA

Dionysus Shipwrecked (fragment).
 (Διονυσος ναυαγος | Dionusos nauagos).
 Attributed to Archippus.
 Greek: Dindorf (1835); • Hall-Geldart (1901, ed. 1962).

The Islands (fragments).
 (Νησοι | Nêsoi).
 Attributed to Archippus.
 Greek: Dindorf (1835); • Hall-Geldart (1901, ed. 1962).

Dramas, or Niobos (fragments).
 (Δραματα η Νιοβος | Dramata ê Niobos).
 Attributed to Archippus.
 Greek: Dindorf (1835); • Hall-Geldart (1901, ed. 1962).

Poetry (fragments).
 (Ποιησις | Poiêsis).
 Attributed to Archippus.
 Greek: Dindorf (1835); • Hall-Geldart (1901, ed. 1962).

 

REFERENCES

John William Donaldson:
“Aristophanes” in The Theatre of the Greeks (1836).
 English: 1836.

Francesco Novati:
Index fabularum Aristophanis ex codice Ambrosiano L 39 sup. (1879).
 Latin: 1879.

Victor Coulon:
“Introduction” to Aristophane, Budé edition, vol. 1 (1923).
 French: 1964.

Jeffrey Henderson:
“Introduction” to Aristophanes, Loeb edition, vol. 1 (1998).
 English: 1998.

Jean-Claude Carrière:
L’Aristophane perdu (2000).
 French: 2000.

 

Created on 25 September 2020. Updated on 6 June 2023.