Aspis
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Aspis is an ancient Greek comedy by the playwright Menander, known for its exploration of family, inheritance, and social customs in Athenian society.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Aspis canonical | 3 |
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ancient Greek comedy
ⓘ
play ⓘ |
| author | Menander ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
Greek Antiquity
ⓘ
surface form:
Ancient Greece
|
| culturalContext | Athenian law and customs ⓘ |
| dramaticForm | comedy ⓘ |
| dramaticStructure | five-act structure ⓘ |
| englishTitle | The Shield ⓘ |
| features |
focus on domestic life
ⓘ
legal and inheritance issues ⓘ stock characters typical of New Comedy ⓘ |
| genre | New Comedy ⓘ |
| influenced |
European neoclassical comedy
ⓘ
later Roman comedy ⓘ |
| knownFor |
depiction of everyday Athenian life
ⓘ
exploration of family and inheritance disputes ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | Hellenistic period ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
family
ⓘ
inheritance ⓘ social customs ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| partOf | corpus of Menander’s comedies ⓘ |
| setting | Athenian society ⓘ |
| studiedIn |
classical philology
ⓘ
classical reception studies ⓘ theatre studies ⓘ |
| survivalStatus | partially extant ⓘ |
| textualTransmission |
medieval manuscript tradition
ⓘ
papyrus fragments ⓘ |
| titleInGreek | Ἀσπίς ⓘ |
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.