Aristophʹanes.
The English or modern Aristophanes. Samuel Foote (1722–1777).
The French Aristophanes. J. Baptiste Poquelin de Molière (1622–1673).
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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.