Mimiambi
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Mimiambi are a collection of Hellenistic Greek mimes in verse, most famously composed by Herodas, that depict everyday life and characters in a vivid, colloquial style.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Mimiambi canonical | 1 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Hellenistic poetry
ⓘ
ancient Greek literature genre ⓘ literary work type ⓘ |
| alsoSpelled |
Mimiamboi
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Mimiambs NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithPeriod | Hellenistic period NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| culturalContext | Hellenistic Greek urban culture ⓘ |
| depicts |
everyday life
ⓘ
ordinary characters ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
domestic scenes
ⓘ
social interactions ⓘ urban life ⓘ |
| hasForm | verse ⓘ |
| hasGenre | mime ⓘ |
| hasLanguage | Ancient Greek NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasNotableAuthor | Herodas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasStyle |
colloquial
ⓘ
vivid ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
commercial transactions
ⓘ
domestic conflict ⓘ education and schooling ⓘ everyday speech of common people ⓘ religious practices ⓘ sexual relationships ⓘ social satire ⓘ |
| influenced | later European verse satire ⓘ |
| influencedBy | Sophron’s mimes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| literaryForm |
dramatic monologue
ⓘ
short dramatic sketch ⓘ |
| literaryTradition | Greek mime tradition ⓘ |
| mostFamouslyComposedBy | Herodas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originatedIn | Hellenistic Alexandria NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| preservedIn | papyrus manuscripts ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
New Comedy
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
iambic poetry ⓘ |
| studiedInField |
ancient theatre studies
ⓘ
classics ⓘ philology ⓘ |
| uses |
dialectal forms
ⓘ
direct speech ⓘ dramatic dialogue ⓘ humor ⓘ obscene language ⓘ realistic characterization ⓘ |
| usesMeter |
choliambic verse
ⓘ
scazon ⓘ |
| writtenInDialect | Koine-influenced Ionic ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.