Aristophanes

Revision History

	Date		Editor		Change Summary
	12/1/2024, 10:33 PM		Mike C		update #117
	10/6/2024, 9:08 PM		Mike C		update #116
	5/29/2020, 9:30 PM		Mike C		update #108
	11/16/2019, 11:04 AM		Mike C		update #105
	4/16/2019, 9:13 PM		Mike C		update #103
	2/28/2019, 2:08 PM		Mike C		update #102
	1/22/2019, 10:01 AM		Mike C		update #101
	12/8/2017, 12:41 PM		Mike C		update #97
	8/16/2017, 11:57 PM		Mike C		update #96
	7/27/2015, 11:23 PM		Mike C		update #90
	2/12/2007, 1:03 AM		Mike C		earliest recorded revision

Gender Masculine

Usage Ancient Greek [1]

Scripts Ἀριστοφάνης(Ancient Greek)

Pronounced Pron. /a.ri.sto.pʰá.nɛːs/(Classical Greek) /ˌæɹ.ɪs.ˈtɑf.ə.niz/(American English) /ˌæɹ.ɪs.ˈtɒf.ə.niːz/(British English)

Meaning & History

Derived from the Greek elements ἄριστος (aristos) meaning "best" and φανής (phanes) meaning "appearing". This was the name of a 5th-century BC Athenian playwright.