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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 ...
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 ...
Furthermore, there are six lost plays with extensive surviving fragments, as well as twelve mimes. They range from the 472 BC tragedy The Persians, written by the Greek playwright Aeschylus, to Querolus, an anonymous Roman comedy from late antiquity.
The plays of Aristophanes are the only full-length examples of the genre of Old Comedy to have survived from antiquity. This makes them centrally important to modern understandings of the genre. The themes of Old Comedy included: Inclusive comedy: Old Comedy provided a variety of entertainments for a diverse audience. It accommodated a serious ...
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.
Parabasis: In Classical Greek comedy, parabasis is 'a speech in which the chorus comes forward and addresses the audience'. A parabasis is not featured in Lysistrata. Most plays have a second parabasis near the end, and a feature akin to a parabasis is used in this play as a replacement, however it comprises exclusively two songs (strophe and ...
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]
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