The Babylonians

play by Aristophanes
Also known as: “Babylonioi”

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  • Aristophanes
    In Aristophanes: Babylonians

    This comedy, which is extant only in fragments, was produced at the festival of the Great Dionysia. The festival was attended by delegates of the city-states, which were theoretically “allies” but were in practice satellites of Athens. Because Babylonians (426 bce; Greek Babylōnioi) not…

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