Frogs

• What is Dionysus wearing at the start of Frogs?

  The skin of a Nemean lion. He is also carrying a club to appear more like Heracles
• What does Dionysus want to do in Frogs?

  Visit Euripides in the Underworld
• Who does Heracles suggest for Dionysus to bring back from the Underworld?

  Sophocles
• Who is Xanthias?

  A tragedian, whose whines to the audience are the source of a running joke
• Why was Dionysus dressed as Heracles?

  So Heracles would give him directions to the Underworld
• How does Heracles suggest Dionysus gets to the Underworld?

  By hanging himself
• Who was Cleisthenes?

  A wealthy Athenian who was often mocked in Aristophane's plays for his passive homosexuality
• Who was Aeacus in Frogs?

  An overexcited doorman who took pleasure in punishing the dead
• Who does Aeacus mistake Dionysus for?

  Heracles
• What does Dionysus make Xanthias do after Aeacus threatens him?

  He makes Xanthias wear the Heracles costume instead
• What does Xanthias tell Aeacus to do with Dionysus?

  Torture him
• Who held the throne next to Pluto in the Underworld?

  Aeschylus
• How did Pluto plan to decide between Aeschylus and Euripides?

  By hosting a contest to see who was the better tragedian
• How did Euripides describe his plays?

  "Democratic" because all the actors had the same amount of lines as each other
• How does Aeschylus criticise Euripides?

  By stating that all his plays are written in the same iambic
• How does Dionysus judge Aeschylus and Euripides?

  By weighing their different lines on scales~
• Who does Dionysus decide to take back with him from the Underworld?

  Aeschylus
• What type of humour is present throughout Frogs?

  Scatological humour
• When was Frogs performed?

  405 BCE, during the Peloponnesian War
• Who was Cleon?

  An Athenian politician who attempted to prosecute Aristophanes