Aristophanes

Aristophanes (born @ 456 BC - died @ 380 BC) was an ancient Greek playwright. Aristophanes only wrote comedy, and his comedies are the only stage comedies which survive from ancient Greece. Among his works are the anti-war comedies ''The Acharnians'' and ''Lysistrata'', the raunchy satire of Athenian jurisprudence entitled ''The Wasps'', and a satire of the philosopher Socrates entitled ''The Clouds''.

Aristophanes also appears as a character in Plato's Symposium. Plato's Symposium tells the story of a wine drinking party in ancient Athens, at which all the guests are required to make a speech in praise of love. Among the guests are Socrates, Alcibiades, and Aristophanes. Aristophanes tells a comedic tale to explain why some people are heterosexual, and some homosexual.