But though Lucilius probably, like Horace after him, studied the old comic poets 'Eupolis, Cratinus and aristophanes,' to catch something of their spirit and manner in his satire, Roman satire was not an imitation of Greek comedy.
"The Roman Poets of the Republic"
W. Y. Sellar
It requires a longer familiarity with the mind and heart of antiquity to realise and enjoy the full meaning of Sophocles, Thucydides, or aristophanes, than of Homer, Euripides, or Theocritus.
"The Roman Poets of the Republic"
W. Y. Sellar
Evanthia had no use for knights, save perhaps those of aristophanes.
"Command"
William McFee