New Comedy
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New Comedy was a style of ancient Greek drama that emerged in the late 4th century BCE, characterized by domestic plots, stock characters, and social satire, and is best known through the works of playwrights like Menander.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| New Comedy canonical | 13 |
| Greek New Comedy | 3 |
| Attic Middle Comedy | 1 |
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ancient Greek dramatic genre
ⓘ
comedy genre ⓘ theatrical tradition ⓘ |
| characteristic |
domestic plots
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focus on private life rather than politics ⓘ happy endings ⓘ realistic settings ⓘ reduction of chorus to musical interludes ⓘ social satire ⓘ stock characters ⓘ use of coincidence in plots ⓘ use of mistaken identities ⓘ use of prologues explaining the plot ⓘ use of recognition scenes (anagnorisis) ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
Greek Antiquity
ⓘ
surface form:
ancient Greece
|
| endTime | c. 260 BCE ⓘ |
| field | drama ⓘ |
| follows |
Old Comedy
ⓘ
surface form:
Middle Comedy
Old Comedy ⓘ |
| genre | comedy ⓘ |
| hasChorus | limited dramatic role ⓘ |
| influenced |
European Renaissance comedy
ⓘ
Molière ⓘ Plautus ⓘ Roman comedy ⓘ Terence ⓘ modern situation comedy ⓘ |
| language | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
domestic life
ⓘ
romantic intrigue ⓘ social relations ⓘ |
| notableAuthor |
Apollodorus of Carystus
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Diphilus ⓘ Menander ⓘ Philemon ⓘ Posidippus of Pella ⓘ
surface form:
Posidippus
|
| notableWork |
Aspis
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Dyskolos ⓘ Epitrepontes ⓘ Perikeiromene ⓘ Samia ⓘ |
| partOf | ancient Greek comedy ⓘ |
| startTime | c. 320 BCE ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
Hellenistic period
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late 4th century BCE ⓘ |
| typicalCharacter |
braggart soldier
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clever slave ⓘ courtesan ⓘ parasite ⓘ stern father ⓘ young lover ⓘ |
Referenced by (17)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Greek New Comedy
this entity surface form:
Greek New Comedy
this entity surface form:
Attic Middle Comedy