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The Frogs ( Greek: Βάτραχοι, translit. Bátrakhoi; Latin: Ranae, often abbreviated Ran. or Ra.) 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.
Socratic questioning (or Socratic maieutics) [1] is an educational method named after Socrates that focuses on discovering answers by asking questions of students. According to Plato, Socrates believed that "the disciplined practice of thoughtful questioning enables the scholar/student to examine ideas and be able to determine the validity of ...
According to Hatzopoulos, the sole direct attestation of Macedonian speech preserved in an ancient author, is a verse in a non-Attic Greek dialect that the 4th century BC Athenian poet Strattis in his comedy 'The Macedonians' places a character, presumably Macedonian, to give as an answer to the question of an Athenian: – ἡ σφύραινα ...
List of ancient Greek playwrights. Thespis (c. 6th century BC): Aeschylus (c. 525–456 BC): The Persians (472 BC) Seven Against Thebes (467 BC) The Suppliants (463 BC) The Oresteia (458 BC, a trilogy comprising Agamemnon, The Libation Bearers and The Eumenides .) Prometheus Bound (authorship and date of performance is still in dispute)
The word oracle comes from the Latin verb ōrāre, "to speak" and properly refers to the priest or priestess uttering the prediction. In extended use, oracle may also refer to the site of the oracle, and to the oracular utterances themselves, called khrēsmoí (χρησμοί) in Greek. Oracles were thought to be portals through which the gods ...
t. e. Gorgias ( / ˈɡɔːrɡiəs /; [1] Greek: Γοργίας [ɡorɡíaːs]) is a Socratic dialogue written by Plato around 380 BC. The dialogue depicts a conversation between Socrates and a small group at a dinner gathering. Socrates debates with self-proclaimed rhetoricians seeking the true definition of rhetoric, attempting to pinpoint the ...
Panhellenic Games. Panhellenic Games is the collective term for four separate sports festivals held in ancient Greece. The four Games were: Games. Deity Honored. Location. Prize. Frequency. Olympic Games.
Actor on a Sicilian red-figured calyx- krater (c. 350–340 BC). Ancient Greek comedy ( Ancient Greek: κωμῳδία, romanized : kōmōidía) was one of the final three principal dramatic forms in the theatre of classical Greece (the others being tragedy and the satyr play ). Athenian comedy is conventionally divided into three periods: Old ...