The Babylonians

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The Babylonians

play by Aristophanes

Also known as: “Babylonioi”

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Aristophanes
Babylonians
This comedy, which is extant only in fragments, was produced at the festival of the Great Dionysia. The festival was attended by delegates of the city-states, which were theoretically “allies” but were in practice satellites of Athens. Because Babylonians (426 bce; Greek Babylōnioi) not…
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This comedy, which is extant only in fragments, was produced at the festival of the Great Dionysia. The festival was attended by delegates of the city-states, which were theoretically “allies” but were in practice satellites of Athens. Because Babylonians (426 bce; Greek Babylōnioi) not…
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