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380:, and cunning servants. Their largely gentle comedy of manners drew on a vast array of dramatic devices, characters and situations their predecessors had developed: prologues to shape the audience's understanding of events, messengers' speeches to announce offstage action, descriptions of feasts, the complications of love, sudden recognitions, ex machina endings were all established techniques which playwrights exploited and evoked. The new comedy depicted Athenian society and the social morality of the period, presenting it in attractive colors but making no attempt to criticize or improve it.
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reality, but also gave audiences an accurate, if not greatly detailed, picture of life, leading an ancient critic to ask if life influenced
Menander in the writing of his plays or if the case was vice versa. Unlike earlier predecessors, Menander's comedies tended to centre on the fears and foibles of the ordinary man, his personal relationships, family life and social mishaps rather than politics and public life. His plays were also much less satirical than preceding comedies, being marked by a gentle, urbane tone, a taste for good temper and good manners (if not necessarily for good morals).
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The playwrights of the New Comedy genre built on the legacy from their predecessors, but adapted it to the portrayal of everyday life, rather than of public affairs. The satirical and farcical element which featured so strongly in
Aristophanes' comedies was increasingly abandoned, the de-emphasis of
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The 5-act structure later to be found in modern plays can first be seen in
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and others of the latest writers of the Old Comedy being sometimes regarded as the earliest Middle Comic poets. For ancient scholars, the term may have meant little more than "later than
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Horace "Quintus Horatius Flaccus", by Anton von Werner
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2088:, Iowa City : University of Iowa Press, 2002.
1824:. s.n. March 12, 1834 – via Internet Archive.
1314:Some dramatists overlap into more than one period.
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Terracotta comic theatre mask, 4th/3rd century BC (
1992:Broken Laughter: Select Fragments of Greek Comedy.
1974:A Short Introduction to the Ancient Greek Theater.
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330:An actor in the mask of a bald man, 2nd century BC
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1881:Brockett, Oscar G. and Franklin J. Hildy. 2003.
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215:(born in 446 BC). His works, with their pungent
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1797:Wrote two plays, Σύντροφοι and Ἐαυτὸν πενθῶν.
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1915:Csapo, Eric, and William J. Slater. 1994.
1862:Brown, Andrew. 1998. "Ancient Greece." In
1418:Classical Myth & Culture in the Cinema
211:The most important Old Comic dramatist is
1643:The Oxford History of the Classical World
1592:The Oxford History of the Classical World
1579:The Oxford History of the Classical World
1499:The Oxford History of the Classical World
431:, 1st century BC – early 1st century AD,
2027:Trypanis, Constantine Athanasius. 1981.
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1486:A Dictionary of Classical Antiquities
1457:A Dictionary of Classical Antiquities
1240:Sosippus, contemporary with Diphillus
2061:, Cambridge: University Press, 1934.
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2029:Greek Poetry from Homer to Seferis.
1140:, possibly New Comedy, after 324 BC
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1564:. Berlin: De Gruyter. p. 249.
1392:Greek Poetry from Homer to Seferis
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1048:Eriphus, plagiarist of Antiphanes
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27:Genre of ancient Greek literature
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1900:Expanded ed. Ithaca and London:
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1990:Olson, S. Douglas, ed. 2007.
1976:Rev. ed. Chicago and London:
1953:Janko, Richard, trans. 1987.
1917:The Context of Ancient Drama.
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1938:. Illustrated ed. Vol 1. of
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2033:University of Chicago Press
1978:University of Chicago Press
1415:Winkler, Martin M. (2001),
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84:theatre of classical Greece
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2058:The Origin of Attic Comedy
1868:Cambridge University Press
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1902:Cornell University Press
1403:Mastromarco (1994) p. 12
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791:, between 431 and 388 BC
468:("Men at Arbitration"),
378:kind-hearted prostitutes
2441:Theatre of ancient Rome
1996:Oxford University Press
1896:Carlson, Marvin. 1993.
1356:Prolegomena de comoedia
1293:Laines or Laenes 185 BC
1288:Posidippus (comic poet)
1204:Apollodorus of Carystus
996:possibly 4th century BC
148:Alexandrine grammarians
2009:Taplin, Oliver. 1993.
1961:. Cambridge: Hackett.
1942:. London: Peter Owen.
1934:Freund, Philip. 2003.
1883:History of the Theatre
1751:June 16, 2008, at the
1715:April 6, 2007, at the
1660:July 15, 2008, at the
1560:Nauck, August (1986).
1546:From Homer to Menander
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1459:(London 1894) p. 152-3
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1808:May 14, 2011, at the
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1936:The Birth of Theatre
1836:"Ancientlibrary.com"
1645:(Oxford 1986) p. 450
1607:(London 1894) p. 195
1594:(Oxford 1986) p. 184
1581:(Oxford 1986) p. 182
1517:(London 1894) p. 478
1488:(London 1894) p. 153
954:early 4th century BC
56:Ancient Greek comedy
2070:Bucknell University
1972:Ley, Graham. 2006.
1765:The Poets of Greece
1533:(London 1967) p. 78
1475:(Oxford 1998) p. ix
1394:, Chapter 4, p. 201
1351:Theatre of Dionysus
1346:Phallic processions
2611:Comédie larmoyante
2606:Sentimental comedy
2601:Restoration comedy
2564:Commedia dell'arte
2436:Corral de comedias
1803:Ancientlibrary.com
1780:Ancientlibrary.com
1763:Sir Edwin Arnold,
1746:Ancientlibrary.com
1728:Ancientlibrary.com
1710:Ancientlibrary.com
1692:Ancientlibrary.com
1679:2010-11-20 at the
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1655:Ancientlibrary.com
1603:H Nettleship, ed,
1513:H Nettleship, ed,
1484:H Nettleship, ed,
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2004:978-0-19-928785-7
1948:978-0-7206-1167-0
1910:978-0-8014-8154-3
1822:"Fasti Hellenici"
1471:S Halliwell ed.,
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849:Philonides
828:Hipparchus
822:Philyllius
747:Phrynichus
727:Lysimachus
687:c. 450 BC)
562:Old Comedy
557:Dramatists
520:Ben Jonson
417:Republican
336:Macedonian
243:Lysistrata
237:The Clouds
195:Old Comedy
103:Old Comedy
92:satyr play
49: 350
39:red-figure
18:New Comedy
2957:Slapstick
2882:Christian
2877:Character
2854:Subgenres
2669:and dance
2589:Pantomime
2375:Slapstick
2348:Screwball
2252:Word play
2031:Chicago:
1959:Aristotle
1799:Athenaeus
1473:The Birds
1329:) at the
1303:Alciphron
1150:Damoxenus
1128:Xenarchus
1123:Naucrates
1118:Antidotus
1108:Timotheus
1089:Heniochus
1058:Stephanus
1040:Axionicus
984:, son of
976:Calliades
918:Xenarchus
888:Metagenes
872:c. 400 BC
843:Polyzelus
833:Archippus
817:Sannyrion
783:Ameipsias
711:Hermippus
671:Euphonius
645:Chionides
625:Euxenides
528:Wycherley
492:Influence
263:Cervantes
248:Hermippus
207:, Athens)
126:Aristotle
115:Naucratis
111:Athenaeus
69:romanized
3022:Category
2997:Category
2932:Physical
2743:Operetta
2517:Sarugaku
2385:Thriller
2277:American
2197:Humorist
2167:Comedian
2013:Oxford:
1994:Oxford:
1806:Archived
1783:Archived
1749:Archived
1731:Archived
1713:Archived
1695:Archived
1677:Archived
1658:Archived
1421:, p. 173
1331:Dionysia
1318:See also
1278:Diodorus
1252:, 302 BC
1210:Diphilus
1198:Menander
1192:Syracuse
1184:Philemon
1144:Timocles
1138:Crobylus
1113:Sophilus
1098:Epigenes
1060:, 332 BC
1012:Ophelion
1006:Anaxilas
994:Athenion
946:Nicophon
914:, 388 BC
906:Strattis
854:Xenophon
835:, 415 BC
824:, 394 BC
764:Lysippus
738:, 413 BC
721:Myrtilus
701:Epilycus
696:Pisander
665:Cratinus
572:Susarion
524:Congreve
456:Dyskolos
445:Asinaria
427:Menander
405:Dyskolos
390:Dyskolos
356:Diphilus
352:Philemon
348:Menander
300:Menander
271:Voltaire
259:Rabelais
232:Socrates
228:innuendo
119:Menander
96:Athenian
90:and the
80:dramatic
75:kōmōidía
51:–340 BC.
2969:Surreal
2897:Deadpan
2783:Hip hop
2681:Cabaret
2407:Country
2399:Theatre
2363:Mexican
2358:Italian
2338:Romance
2313:Fantasy
2292:Italian
2282:British
2270:Country
1857:Sources
1375:Poetics
1220:Euphron
1173:Eubelus
1084:Epippus
1074:Sotades
952:Eubulus
912:Alcaeus
864:Eunicus
769:Eupolis
742:Sophron
717:435 BC)
677:458 BC)
661:472 BC)
651:487 BC)
641:485 BC)
631:485 BC)
621:485 BC)
611:487 BC)
602:Phormis
532:Molière
486:Terence
441:Plautus
415:Roman,
252:Eupolis
187:archaia
161:archaía
142:Periods
131:Poetics
88:tragedy
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64:κωμῳδία
3007:Portal
2979:Zombie
2962:Topics
2922:Insult
2917:Horror
2892:Cringe
2825:Sitcom
2788:Parody
2512:Rakugo
2507:Owarai
2502:Manzai
2497:Kyōgen
2493:Japan
2487:Ludruk
2482:Lenong
2414:Europe
2380:Stoner
2370:Silent
2328:Parody
2318:Horror
2308:Action
2287:French
2237:Satire
2202:Humour
2160:Topics
2153:Comedy
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1335:Lenaia
1282:Machon
1275:Bathon
1214:Sinope
1146:324 BC
1079:Augeas
1064:Strato
1035:Amphis
1029:Alexis
958:Araros
896:422 BC
884:402 BC
803:420 BC
759:Leucon
681:Crates
655:Magnes
615:Euetes
576:Megara
526:, and
505:Horace
449:Rudens
354:, and
308:Sicily
269:, and
221:sexual
157:ἀρχαία
99:comedy
43:krater
41:calyx-
2947:Shock
2887:Clown
2867:Black
2820:Roast
2805:Radio
2800:Novel
2773:Album
2768:Music
2761:Media
2748:Revue
2667:Music
2532:Genre
2457:China
2301:Genre
2217:Irony
2192:Farce
1362:Notes
1133:Dromo
807:Plato
753:Lycis
635:Mylus
482:Latin
471:Samia
267:Swift
2952:Sick
2937:Prop
2908:High
2872:Blue
2778:Rock
2633:Spex
2450:Asia
2262:Film
2222:Joke
2090:ISBN
2074:ISBN
2036:ISBN
2018:ISBN
2000:ISBN
1981:ISBN
1963:ISBN
1944:ISBN
1925:ISBN
1906:ISBN
1887:ISBN
1872:ISBN
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547:and
518:and
447:and
342:and
310:and
279:mese
250:and
223:and
170:mésē
166:μέση
146:The
2912:low
2353:Sex
2247:Wit
1957:By
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1190:or
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715:fl.
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