Re: Shakespeare and Moliere are now accepted as the greatest of
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04 Nov 2018, 05:05
I suppose, identifying the correct answer is in the key "now accepted".
Shakespeare and Mo are "now accepted" as greatest but earlier to their "own people", they were not considered so.
The BEST FIT would be contemporaries.
All others like actors/audience/scribes etc may fit in a particular context, like if there are additional two lines which talks about the opinion of scribes etc. However with no additional information, the best word is contemporaries.