16 Aristophanes - Frogs Comedy Flashcards
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Aeacus
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Aeacus (ee-uh-cuss): Dionysus descends to Hades disguised as Heracles. Aeacus tortures him because Heracles stole his dog, Cerberus [DHHC]
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Alcibiades
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Alcibiades (al-suh-buy-uh-deez): Athenian general in the Peloponnesian War who defected to the Spartans [AGP-DS]. He later returned as general to Athens.
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Cleisthenes
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Cleisthenes (clys-thu-knees): an effeminate, beardless, cowardly, homosexual man [EBCH]
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Xanthias
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Xanthias (Zan-thee-us): slave of Dionysus
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Aeschylus
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Aeschylus (EH skuh luhs): Competes with Euripides in the poetry contest in Hades. Dionysus brings him back up to the world above. [EHD]
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Pluto
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Pluto: Hades, who allowed the poetry contest winner, Aeschylus, to return to the land of the living.
