Herodas
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Herodas was a Hellenistic Greek poet best known for his mimes—short, dramatic, and often humorous verse sketches depicting everyday life in vivid, colloquial language.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Herodas canonical | 1 |
Statements (37)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Hellenistic poet
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ancient Greek poet ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Herondas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
Greek Antiquity
ⓘ
surface form:
Ancient Greece
|
| depicts |
domestic scenes
ⓘ
everyday life ⓘ social interactions ⓘ |
| floruit | 3rd century BCE ⓘ |
| genre | mime ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
education and schooling
ⓘ
religious practices ⓘ sexual relationships ⓘ urban life ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance |
important source for Hellenistic social history
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major representative of Hellenistic mime poetry ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Sophron
NERFINISHED
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classical Greek mime tradition ⓘ |
| language | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| literaryForm | dramatic monologue ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | Hellenistic period NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| meterUsed | choliambic verse ⓘ |
| movement | Hellenistic literature ⓘ |
| notableWork | Mimes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
mime writer
ⓘ
poet ⓘ |
| portrays |
artisans and lower-class characters
ⓘ
women in everyday situations ⓘ |
| survivingWorksForm | iambic mimes ⓘ |
| textualTransmission | known from papyrus discoveries ⓘ |
| tone |
comic
ⓘ
satirical ⓘ |
| uses |
realistic dialogue
ⓘ
vivid characterization ⓘ |
| workCountApproximate | 8 extant mimes ⓘ |
| writingStyle |
colloquial language
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dramatic verse ⓘ humorous verse ⓘ |
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