Word: alexandrian
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...division of Greek comedy into three stages was due to the Alexandrian grammarians and corresponds to the three marked periods in the national history of Athens. There seems to have been some quality inherent in the atmosphere of Attica, which had the remarkable honor of producing comic poets. The names of no less than one-hundred and sixty-eight of these are known. Aristophanes was by no means the only great comedy writer of his time. It is certain that he was defeated six times by other poets...