The Frogs
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The Frogs is a comedy written by the Ancient Greek playwright Aristophanes. It was performed at the Lenaia, one of the Festivals of Dionysus in Athens, in 405 BC and received first place. The Frogs tells the story of the god Dionysus, who, despairing of the state of Athens' tragedians, travels to Hades (the underworld) to bring the playwright Euripides back from the dead. (Euripides had died the year before, in 406 BC.) He brings along his slave Xanthias, who is smarter and braver than Dionysus. As the play opens, Xanthias and Dionysus argue over what kind of jokes Xanthias can use to open the play. For the first half of the play, Dionysus routinely makes critical errors, forcing Xanthias to improvise in order to protect his master and prevent Dionysus from looking incompetent-but this only allows Dionysus to continue to make mistakes with no consequence.
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Aristophanes. (2021). The Frogs. [United States], Otbebookpublishing.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Aristophanes. 2021. The Frogs. [United States], Otbebookpublishing.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Aristophanes, The Frogs. [United States], Otbebookpublishing, 2021.
MLA Citation (style guide)Aristophanes. The Frogs. [United States], Otbebookpublishing, 2021.
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