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Aristophanes
Aristophanes, portrait bust, c. 4thâ1st century bce; in the collection of the Uffizi Gallery, Florence, Italy.
There are 11 complete plays by the Greek dramatist Aristophanes that have survived to the present day. While he is thought to have written approximately 40 plays throughout his career, only these 11 remain intact.12