who wrote comedy plays in ancient greece?
<answer> Aristophanes and Menander wrote comedy plays in Ancient Greece. <context> Menander (c. 342-291 BCE), a leading source for Greek New Comedy. Dyskolos (317 BCE) Apollodorus of Carystus (~300-260 BCE) Diphilus of Sinope (~340-290 BCE) Dionysius; Timocles 324 BCE; Theophilus; Sosippus; Anaxippus, 303 BCE; Demetrius, 299 BCE; Archedicus, 302 BCE; Sopater, 282 BCE; Damoxenus c. 370 BC - 270 BCE; Hegesippus, or Crobylus; Theognetus; Bathon; Diodorus