Editing Comedian (section)

===Ancient Greeks===
{{See also|Ancient Greek comedy}}
Comedians can be dated back to 425 BC, when [[Aristophanes]], a comic author,  and playwright, wrote ancient comedic plays. He wrote 40 comedies, 11 of which survive and are still being performed. Aristophanes' comedy style took the form of [[satyr plays]].<ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YhaawA_m9SEC&pg=PR9 | title=Lysistrata | author=Aristophanes | year=1996 | pages=ix| publisher=Nick Hern Books | isbn=9781854593252 }}</ref>