How did Aristophanes begin his career as a dramatist?

Aristophanes began his dramatic career in 427 BCE with the play Daitaleis (The Banqueters). Based on surviving fragments, this work appears to have been a satire directed at the educational and moral theories of his contemporaries.1

Throughout his career, he is thought to have written approximately 40 plays, many of which focused on the social, literary, and philosophical life of Athens, as well as themes related to the Peloponnesian War. As the greatest representative of Old Comedy, his early works were characterized by bold fantasy, political criticism, and sharp satire.123