For the plays of Aristophanes we do know of by name, we don't always know which year they were performed in, or at which festival, or whether or not they won. But here are some of the important ones scholars feel relatively certain about:
performance | festival | title | chorus-instructor of record | success |
427 | ? | Banqueters | Callistratus | 2nd prize? |
426 March/April | City Dionysia | Babylonians | Callistratus | 1st prize |
425 January/February | Lenaia | Acharnians* | Callistratus | 1st prize |
424 January/February | Lenaia | Knights* | Aristophanes | 1st prize |
423 January/February | Lenaia | ? | (Aristophanes)† | ? |
423 March/April | City Dionysia | original Clouds | (Aristophanes)† | 3rd prize |
422 January/February | Lenaia | Wasps* | Aristophanes‡ | 2nd prize |
422 January/February | Lenaia | Preview | Philonides‡ | 1st prize |
421 March/April | City Dionysia | Peace* | (Aristophanes)† | 2nd prize |
c 418 - not produced | --- | revised Clouds* | --- | --- |
414 January/February | Lenaia | Amphiaraus | Philonides | ? |
414 March/April | City Dionysia | Birds* | Callistratus | 2nd prize |
411 January/February (?) | Lenaia (?) | Lysistrata* | Callistratus | ? |
411 March/April (?) | City Dionysia (?) | Thesmophoriazusae* | (Aristophanes)† | ? |
408 | ? | Wealth | (Aristophanes)† | ? |
405 January/February | Lenaia | Frogs* | (Aristophanes)† | 1st prize |
between 393-391 | ? | Ecclesiazusae* | (Aristophanes)† | ? |
388 | ? | Wealth* | (Aristophanes)† | ? |
after 388 | ? | Cocalus | Araros | ? |
after 388 | ? | Aiolosikon | Araros | ? |
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