Old Comedy

E282691

dramatic genre genre of ancient Greek comedy theatrical tradition

Old Comedy is the earliest form of ancient Greek comic drama, characterized by bold political satire, fantastical plots, and chorus-driven performances, exemplified by the plays of Aristophanes.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Old Comedy canonical	16
Middle Comedy	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	dramatic genre ⓘ genre of ancient Greek comedy ⓘ theatrical tradition ⓘ
associatedWithPlace	Athens ⓘ
characteristic	bold political satire ⓘ chorus-driven performances ⓘ direct address to the audience ⓘ fantastical plots ⓘ mythological parody ⓘ obscene humor ⓘ parabasis ⓘ personal attacks on public figures ⓘ political commentary ⓘ topical references to contemporary events ⓘ use of a large chorus ⓘ
chorusSize	24 chorus members ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	Greek Antiquity ⓘ surface form: Ancient Greece
exemplifiedByWork	Lysistrata ⓘ The Birds ⓘ Aristophanes' play Clouds ⓘ surface form: The Clouds The Frogs ⓘ
flourishedIn	5th century BCE ⓘ
followedBy	Middle Comedy ⓘ New Comedy ⓘ
follows	early forms of Greek comic performance ⓘ
influenced	later Western comic drama ⓘ satirical theatre traditions ⓘ
language	Ancient Greek ⓘ
majorRepresentative	Aristophanes ⓘ Cratinus ⓘ Eupolis ⓘ
numberOfActorsOnStage	three principal speaking actors ⓘ
partOf	ancient Greek comedy ⓘ
performanceContext	Athenian civic festivals ⓘ
performedAt	City Dionysia ⓘ Lenaia ⓘ
subjectMatter	contemporary Athenian politics ⓘ mythological themes ⓘ social issues ⓘ
typicalStructureElement	agon ⓘ choral odes ⓘ episodes ⓘ exodos ⓘ parabasis ⓘ parodos ⓘ prologue ⓘ
uses	exaggerated costumes ⓘ masked actors ⓘ phallus props ⓘ

Referenced by (17)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Aristophanes → genre → Old Comedy ⓘ

Aristophanes → movement → Old Comedy ⓘ

Classical period → hasGenre → Old Comedy ⓘ

Pheidippides → genreOfWorkAppearedIn → Old Comedy ⓘ

Lenaia → associatedWith → Old Comedy ⓘ

New Comedy → follows → Old Comedy ⓘ

this entity surface form: Middle Comedy

New Comedy → follows → Old Comedy ⓘ

Attic New Comedy → relatedTo → Old Comedy ⓘ

The Birds → genre → Old Comedy ⓘ

The Frogs → genre → Old Comedy ⓘ

Peace → genre → Old Comedy ⓘ

Plutus → genre → Old Comedy ⓘ

The Acharnians → genre → Old Comedy ⓘ

Athenian School of literature → developed → Old Comedy ⓘ

the Thinkery → genreContext → Old Comedy ⓘ

Attic Old Comedy → hasPhase → Old Comedy ⓘ

φροντιστήριον (phrontistērion) → genreContext → Old Comedy ⓘ

subject surface form: φροντιστήριον