Dyskolos
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Dyskolos is an ancient Greek comedy by the playwright Menander, renowned as one of the best-preserved examples of New Comedy.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Dyskolos canonical | 4 |
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ancient Greek comedy
ⓘ
play ⓘ stage work ⓘ |
| alternativeTitle |
The Grouch
ⓘ
Le Misanthrope ⓘ
surface form:
The Misanthrope
|
| author | Menander ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
Greek Antiquity
ⓘ
surface form:
Ancient Greece
|
| dramaticForm | five-act structure (reconstructed) ⓘ |
| firstPerformanceCity | Athens ⓘ |
| firstPerformanceLocation | Lenaia festival ⓘ |
| firstPerformanceYear | 316 BC ⓘ |
| genre | New Comedy ⓘ |
| hasCharacterType |
clever slave
ⓘ
cook ⓘ misanthropic old man ⓘ young lover ⓘ |
| hasModernPerformances | yes ⓘ |
| influenced | later European comedy ⓘ |
| isOneOfBestPreservedExamplesOf | New Comedy ⓘ |
| isOneOfBestPreservedWorksOf | Menander ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | Hellenistic period ⓘ |
| literarySignificance | key source for understanding Greek New Comedy conventions ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Chaireas
ⓘ
Daos ⓘ Getas ⓘ Girl (Knemon’s daughter) ⓘ Gorgias ⓘ Knemon ⓘ Pyrrhias ⓘ Sikyona ⓘ
surface form:
Sikon
Simiche ⓘ Sostratos ⓘ |
| movement |
New Comedy
ⓘ
surface form:
Greek New Comedy
|
| originalLanguage | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| plotSummary | A wealthy young man Sostratos falls in love with the daughter of the misanthropic farmer Knemon and must win her hand despite Knemon’s hostility to society. ⓘ |
| rediscoveredAt |
Oxyrhynchus Papyri
ⓘ
surface form:
Oxyrhynchus papyri
|
| rediscoveryCentury | 20th century ⓘ |
| setting |
rural Attica
ⓘ
village of Phyle ⓘ |
| structure |
choral interludes
ⓘ
episodes ⓘ exodos ⓘ prologue ⓘ |
| survivalStatus | substantially complete text ⓘ |
| theme |
class differences
ⓘ
family relationships ⓘ love and marriage ⓘ misanthropy ⓘ social reconciliation ⓘ |
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.