Attic Old Comedy

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Attic Old Comedy is the earliest phase of ancient Athenian comic drama, characterized by bold political satire, fantastical plots, and chorus-driven performances in 5th-century BCE Athens.

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Attic Old Comedy canonical 4
Greek Old Comedy 1
Old Attic Comedy 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient Greek comedy
dramatic literature
theatrical genre
addresses Athenian democracy
Athenian politicians
intellectual movements
social customs
war and peace
associatedWithDeity Dionysus
characterizedBy bold political satire
chorus-driven performances
direct address to the audience
fantastical plots
parabasis
personal invective
political commentary
topical references
use of costumes with comic exaggeration
use of masks
countryOfOrigin Greek Antiquity
surface form: Ancient Greece
floruit 5th century BCE
followedBy Middle Comedy
New Comedy
hasComponent agon
chorus
episodes
exodos
parabasis
parodos
hasPhase Old Comedy
influenced later European satirical drama
political satire in Western literature
language Ancient Greek
mainPerformanceVenue Theatre of Dionysus
majorPlaywright Aristophanes
Cratinus
Eupolis
Hermippus
Pherecrates
Telecleides
notableWorkExample The Acharnians
surface form: Acharnians

Knights
Lysistrata
The Birds
Aristophanes' play Clouds
surface form: The Clouds

The Frogs
partOf ancient Greek drama
performedAt City Dionysia
Lenaia
primaryLocation Athens
subgenreOf political satire
stage comedy
timePeriod Peloponnesian War
surface form: Peloponnesian War era
usesDramaticDevice allegory
fantasy journeys
personification of abstract concepts

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Strepsiades appearsInGenre Attic Old Comedy
Attic New Comedy follows Attic Old Comedy
Satires literaryInfluence Attic Old Comedy
this entity surface form: Greek Old Comedy
Peace literaryTradition Attic Old Comedy
Ecclesiazusae literaryMovement Attic Old Comedy
this entity surface form: Old Attic Comedy
Clouds (play) literaryMovement Attic Old Comedy