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Born	c.450 BCE • ancient Greece
Died	c.388 BCE
Notable Works	“Acharnians” • “Birds” • “Clouds” • “Frogs” • “Lysistrata” • “Peace” • “The Babylonians” • “The Banqueters” • “Wasps” • “Women at the Ecclesia” • “Women at the Thesmophoria”
Movement / Style	Middle Comedy • Old Comedy