Sapho and Phao
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Sapho and Phao is a 1584 Elizabethan prose comedy by John Lyly that dramatizes a stylized love story between Queen Sapho and the ferryman Phao, notable for its courtly wit and allegorical elements.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Elizabethan prose comedy
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literary work ⓘ play ⓘ |
| allegoricalReading |
Phao as a court favourite
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Queen Sapho as an analogue of Queen Elizabeth I ⓘ |
| associatedWith | court of Elizabeth I NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| author | John Lyly NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| centralTheme |
courtly love
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love ⓘ power and desire ⓘ |
| contains |
classical references
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mythological allusions ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | England ⓘ |
| dramaticStructure | five acts ⓘ |
| dramatises | love story between Queen Sapho and the ferryman Phao ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter |
Cupid
NERFINISHED
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Mileta NERFINISHED ⓘ Pandion NERFINISHED ⓘ Phao NERFINISHED ⓘ Sapho NERFINISHED ⓘ Sybilla NERFINISHED ⓘ Trachinus NERFINISHED ⓘ Venus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstPublished | 1584 ⓘ |
| form | prose ⓘ |
| genre |
prose comedy
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romantic comedy ⓘ |
| hasDialogueStyle | highly ornate rhetoric ⓘ |
| hasProtagonist |
Phao
NERFINISHED
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Queen Sapho NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
conflict between duty and passion
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female sovereignty ⓘ social hierarchy in love ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Renaissance court culture
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classical mythology ⓘ |
| intendedAudience | Elizabethan courtly audience ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | Euphuism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | Elizabethan era NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| literarySignificance |
example of Lyly’s euphuistic style
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important work of early English romantic comedy ⓘ |
| notableFor |
allegorical elements
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courtly wit ⓘ |
| originalMedium | stage play ⓘ |
| setting | Syracuse NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| style | euphuistic prose ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfComposition | late 16th century ⓘ |
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