| MSN Encarta - Aristophanes (442 words) |
 | The Knights (424 bc), the first of the plays of Aristophanes to be presented under his own name, is a devastating satire about Athenian politician and military leader Cleon, champion of the democratic forces and leader of the war party. |
| The Birds (414 bc) is a fantasy in which an Athenian persuades the birds to build a city in the clouds and then imposes his own terms on the gods. |
| Ecclesiazusa (393 bc) is a satire on the idea of communal ownership of property, and Plutus (388 bc) reduced to absurdity the concept of redistribution of wealth in Athens. |
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