How Did Aristophanes Contribute To Greek Theatre

Aristophanes was born in 450 BC. He was considered to be the greatest representative of the ancient Greek comedy. His works had been preserved in greatest quantity. Most of the known facts about Aristophanes' life were derived from references from his plays. In 427 BC, he began his dramatic career with a play called The Daitaleis (The Banqueters). It was from the surviving fragments to had been a satire on his contemporaries' educational and moral theories. He was thought to have written forty plays altogether. A large part of his work was concerned with the social, literary, and philosophical life of Athens, as well as themes that provoked by The Peloponnesian War. His plays were Babylonians, Acharnians, Knights, Clouds, Wasps, Peace, Birds, and Lysistrata. In the late 6th century BC, Greek tragedy was one of the most popular and influential forms of drama that was performed in theatres in ancient Greece. The most famous playwrights of the genre were Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides. Their works were performed for centuries after their initial premiere. Greek tragedy led to Greek comedy and those genres formed the foundation that was based on it all modern
The actors were all males; women were not allowed to take part in acting back then. The plot of a tragedy was always inspired by episodes from the Greek mythology, which must be remembered as they were a part of Greek religion. No violence was allowed on stage and the death of a character had to be heard offstage and not to be seen. This was a consequence of a serious matter, which was often dealt with moral right and wrongs. Similarly, in the early stages of the genre, the poet was not allowed to make comments or political statements throughout the play. The direct treatment of contemporary events had to wait for the arrival of Greek comedy, which was less austere and conventional