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369:, 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
Menander's comedies. Where in comedies of previous generations there were choral interludes, there was dialogue with song. The action of his plays had breaks, the situations in them were conventional and coincidences were
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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
Aristophanes and his contemporaries, but earlier than
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Horace "Quintus Horatius Flaccus", by Anton von Werner
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2077:, Iowa City : University of Iowa Press, 2002.
1813:. s.n. March 12, 1834 – via Internet Archive.
1303:Some dramatists overlap into more than one period.
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Terracotta comic theatre mask, 4th/3rd century BC (
1981:Broken Laughter: Select Fragments of Greek Comedy.
1963:A Short Introduction to the Ancient Greek Theater.
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376:Possible depiction of Knemon from Menander's play
319:An actor in the mask of a bald man, 2nd century BC
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1870:Brockett, Oscar G. and Franklin J. Hildy. 2003.
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204:(born in 446 BC). His works, with their pungent
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1904:Csapo, Eric, and William J. Slater. 1994.
1851:Brown, Andrew. 1998. "Ancient Greece." In
1407:Classical Myth & Culture in the Cinema
200:The most important Old Comic dramatist is
1632:The Oxford History of the Classical World
1581:The Oxford History of the Classical World
1568:The Oxford History of the Classical World
1488:The Oxford History of the Classical World
420:, 1st century BC – early 1st century AD,
2016:Trypanis, Constantine Athanasius. 1981.
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1504:A Dictionary of Classical Antiquities
1475:A Dictionary of Classical Antiquities
1446:A Dictionary of Classical Antiquities
1229:Sosippus, contemporary with Diphillus
2050:, Cambridge: University Press, 1934.
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2018:Greek Poetry from Homer to Seferis.
1129:, possibly New Comedy, after 324 BC
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1553:. Berlin: De Gruyter. p. 249.
1381:Greek Poetry from Homer to Seferis
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1538:. University of California Press.
1037:Eriphus, plagiarist of Antiphanes
229:, and in his racy anti-war farce
16:Genre of ancient Greek literature
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1889:Expanded ed. Ithaca and London:
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1853:The Cambridge Guide to Theatre.
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26:with two actors on a Sicilian
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1979:Olson, S. Douglas, ed. 2007.
1965:Rev. ed. Chicago and London:
1942:Janko, Richard, trans. 1987.
1906:The Context of Ancient Drama.
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1927:. Illustrated ed. Vol 1. of
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2042:Cornford, Francis Macdonald
2022:University of Chicago Press
1967:University of Chicago Press
1404:Winkler, Martin M. (2001),
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587:between c. 540 – c. 450 BC)
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73:theatre of classical Greece
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2047:The Origin of Attic Comedy
1857:Cambridge University Press
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141:Aristophanes of Byzantium
1891:Cornell University Press
1392:Mastromarco (1994) p. 12
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457:("Men at Arbitration"),
367:kind-hearted prostitutes
2430:Theatre of ancient Rome
1985:Oxford University Press
1885:Carlson, Marvin. 1993.
1345:Prolegomena de comoedia
1282:Laines or Laenes 185 BC
1277:Posidippus (comic poet)
1193:Apollodorus of Carystus
985:possibly 4th century BC
137:Alexandrine grammarians
1998:Taplin, Oliver. 1993.
1950:. Cambridge: Hackett.
1931:. London: Peter Owen.
1923:Freund, Philip. 2003.
1872:History of the Theatre
1740:June 16, 2008, at the
1704:April 6, 2007, at the
1649:July 15, 2008, at the
1549:Nauck, August (1986).
1535:From Homer to Menander
1490:(Oxford 1986) p. 180-2
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1797:May 14, 2011, at the
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1609:(London 1920) p. xiii
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1925:The Birth of Theatre
1825:"Ancientlibrary.com"
1634:(Oxford 1986) p. 450
1596:(London 1894) p. 195
1583:(Oxford 1986) p. 184
1570:(Oxford 1986) p. 182
1506:(London 1894) p. 478
1477:(London 1894) p. 153
943:early 4th century BC
45:Ancient Greek comedy
2059:Bucknell University
1961:Ley, Graham. 2006.
1754:The Poets of Greece
1522:(London 1967) p. 78
1464:(Oxford 1998) p. ix
1383:, Chapter 4, p. 201
1340:Theatre of Dionysus
1335:Phallic processions
2600:Comédie larmoyante
2595:Sentimental comedy
2590:Restoration comedy
2553:Commedia dell'arte
2425:Corral de comedias
1792:Ancientlibrary.com
1769:Ancientlibrary.com
1752:Sir Edwin Arnold,
1735:Ancientlibrary.com
1717:Ancientlibrary.com
1699:Ancientlibrary.com
1681:Ancientlibrary.com
1668:2010-11-20 at the
1663:Ancientlibrary.com
1644:Ancientlibrary.com
1592:H Nettleship, ed,
1502:H Nettleship, ed,
1473:H Nettleship, ed,
1444:H Nettleship, ed,
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2415:Comédie-Française
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1993:978-0-19-928785-7
1937:978-0-7206-1167-0
1899:978-0-8014-8154-3
1811:"Fasti Hellenici"
1460:S Halliwell ed.,
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1232:Anaxippus, 303 BC
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2103:In Our Time
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676:c. 450 BC)
551:Old Comedy
546:Dramatists
509:Ben Jonson
406:Republican
325:Macedonian
232:Lysistrata
226:The Clouds
184:Old Comedy
92:Old Comedy
81:satyr play
38: 350
28:red-figure
2946:Slapstick
2871:Christian
2866:Character
2843:Subgenres
2658:and dance
2578:Pantomime
2364:Slapstick
2337:Screwball
2241:Word play
2020:Chicago:
1948:Aristotle
1788:Athenaeus
1462:The Birds
1318:) at the
1292:Alciphron
1139:Damoxenus
1117:Xenarchus
1112:Naucrates
1107:Antidotus
1097:Timotheus
1078:Heniochus
1047:Stephanus
1029:Axionicus
973:, son of
965:Calliades
907:Xenarchus
877:Metagenes
861:c. 400 BC
832:Polyzelus
822:Archippus
806:Sannyrion
772:Ameipsias
700:Hermippus
660:Euphonius
634:Chionides
614:Euxenides
517:Wycherley
481:Influence
252:Cervantes
237:Hermippus
196:, Athens)
115:Aristotle
104:Naucratis
100:Athenaeus
58:romanized
3011:Category
2986:Category
2921:Physical
2732:Operetta
2506:Sarugaku
2374:Thriller
2266:American
2186:Humorist
2156:Comedian
2002:Oxford:
1983:Oxford:
1795:Archived
1772:Archived
1738:Archived
1720:Archived
1702:Archived
1684:Archived
1666:Archived
1647:Archived
1410:, p. 173
1320:Dionysia
1307:See also
1267:Diodorus
1241:, 302 BC
1199:Diphilus
1187:Menander
1181:Syracuse
1173:Philemon
1133:Timocles
1127:Crobylus
1102:Sophilus
1087:Epigenes
1049:, 332 BC
1001:Ophelion
995:Anaxilas
983:Athenion
935:Nicophon
903:, 388 BC
895:Strattis
843:Xenophon
824:, 415 BC
813:, 394 BC
753:Lysippus
727:, 413 BC
710:Myrtilus
690:Epilycus
685:Pisander
654:Cratinus
561:Susarion
513:Congreve
445:Dyskolos
434:Asinaria
416:Menander
394:Dyskolos
379:Dyskolos
345:Diphilus
341:Philemon
337:Menander
289:Menander
260:Voltaire
248:Rabelais
221:Socrates
217:innuendo
108:Menander
85:Athenian
79:and the
69:dramatic
64:kōmōidía
40:–340 BC.
2958:Surreal
2886:Deadpan
2772:Hip hop
2670:Cabaret
2396:Country
2388:Theatre
2352:Mexican
2347:Italian
2327:Romance
2302:Fantasy
2281:Italian
2271:British
2259:Country
1846:Sources
1364:Poetics
1209:Euphron
1162:Eubelus
1073:Epippus
1063:Sotades
941:Eubulus
901:Alcaeus
853:Eunicus
758:Eupolis
731:Sophron
706:435 BC)
666:458 BC)
650:472 BC)
640:487 BC)
630:485 BC)
620:485 BC)
610:485 BC)
600:487 BC)
591:Phormis
521:Molière
475:Terence
430:Plautus
404:Roman,
241:Eupolis
176:archaia
150:archaía
131:Periods
120:Poetics
77:tragedy
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53:κωμῳδία
2996:Portal
2968:Zombie
2951:Topics
2911:Insult
2906:Horror
2881:Cringe
2814:Sitcom
2777:Parody
2501:Rakugo
2496:Owarai
2491:Manzai
2486:Kyōgen
2482:Japan
2476:Ludruk
2471:Lenong
2403:Europe
2369:Stoner
2359:Silent
2317:Parody
2307:Horror
2297:Action
2276:French
2226:Satire
2191:Humour
2149:Topics
2142:Comedy
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1324:Lenaia
1271:Machon
1264:Bathon
1203:Sinope
1135:324 BC
1068:Augeas
1053:Strato
1024:Amphis
1018:Alexis
947:Araros
885:422 BC
873:402 BC
792:420 BC
748:Leucon
670:Crates
644:Magnes
604:Euetes
565:Megara
515:, and
494:Horace
438:Rudens
343:, and
297:Sicily
258:, and
210:sexual
146:ἀρχαία
88:comedy
32:krater
30:calyx-
2936:Shock
2876:Clown
2856:Black
2809:Roast
2794:Radio
2789:Novel
2762:Album
2757:Music
2750:Media
2737:Revue
2656:Music
2521:Genre
2446:China
2290:Genre
2206:Irony
2181:Farce
1351:Notes
1122:Dromo
796:Plato
742:Lycis
624:Mylus
471:Latin
460:Samia
256:Swift
2941:Sick
2926:Prop
2897:High
2861:Blue
2767:Rock
2622:Spex
2439:Asia
2251:Film
2211:Joke
2079:ISBN
2063:ISBN
2025:ISBN
2007:ISBN
1989:ISBN
1970:ISBN
1952:ISBN
1933:ISBN
1914:ISBN
1895:ISBN
1876:ISBN
1861:ISBN
1315:agon
1177:Soli
536:and
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331:and
299:and
268:mese
239:and
212:and
159:mésē
155:μέση
135:The
2901:low
2342:Sex
2236:Wit
1946:By
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1179:or
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