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Aristophanes (c. 446–388 BC), a leading source for Greek Old Comedy. The Acharnians (425 BC) The Knights (424 BC) The Clouds (423 BC) The Wasps (422 BC) Peace (421 BC) The Birds (414 BC) Lysistrata (411 BC) Thesmophoriazusae (c. 411 BC) The Frogs (405 BC) Assemblywomen (c. 392 BC) Plutus (388 BC) Pherecrates 420 BC; Diocles of Phlius ...
A. Acestor; Achaeus of Eretria; Achaeus of Syracuse; Aeantides; Aeschylus; Agathon; Alcaeus (comic poet) Alexander Aetolus; Alexis (poet) Ameipsias; Amphis; Anaxandrides
Old Comedy survives through the eleven extant plays of Aristophanes and New Comedy through two mostly extant works of Menander. While Old Comedy parodied contemporary Athenian politics, leaders, and institutions, New Comedy features average citizens and parodies the cultural practices of the time.
The Alexandrine grammarians, and most likely Aristophanes of Byzantium in particular, seem to have been the first to divide Greek comedy into what became the canonical three periods: [3] Old Comedy (ἀρχαία archaía), Middle Comedy (μέση mésē) and New Comedy (νέα néa). These divisions appear to be largely arbitrary, and ancient ...
Menander (/ m ə ˈ n æ n d ər /; Ancient Greek: Μένανδρος, romanized: Ménandros; c. 342/41 – c. 290 BC) was a Greek dramatist and the best-known representative of Athenian New Comedy. [1] He wrote 108 comedies [2] and took the prize at the Lenaia festival eight times. [3] His record at the City Dionysia is unknown.
Also: Greece: People: By occupation: Theatre people / Writers: Dramatists and playwrights Subcategories This category has the following 7 subcategories, out of 7 total.
Antiphanes (Ancient Greek: Ἀντιφάνης; c. 408 to 334 BCE) was a playwright of Middle Comedy. According to Heinz-Günther Nesselrath, he is regarded as one of the most important writers of Middle Comedy alongside Alexis. [1] Antiphanes was said to have written as many as 365 comedies, and 140 titles of his works are known. [1]
The Suda lists four plays by Timotheus of Athens (Ancient Greek: Τιμόθεος ὁ Ἀθηναῖος): The Boxer, The Changing Man (or The Shifting Man), The Deposit, and The Puppy. [10] Only one four-line quotation of Timotheus' work survives, a quotation from The Puppy by Athenaeus.