Frogs
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Frogs is a comic play by the ancient Athenian playwright Aristophanes that satirically explores the state of Athenian drama and politics through a journey to the underworld.
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| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Frogs canonical | 1 |
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
Ancient Greek comedy
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play ⓘ satirical work ⓘ |
| author | Aristophanes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| awarded | first prize at the Lenaia ⓘ |
| containsCharacter |
Charon
NERFINISHED
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Heracles NERFINISHED ⓘ Pluto NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Classical Athens NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dramaticCompetition | Lenaia dramatic festival NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dramaticType | choral comedy ⓘ |
| featuresChorusOf | frogs ⓘ |
| firstPerformanceFestival | Lenaia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstPerformanceLocation | Athens NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstPerformanceYear | 405 BC ⓘ |
| genre | Old Comedy ⓘ |
| literaryForm | verse drama ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | Classical Greek literature NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| literarySignificance |
important source for understanding Old Comedy
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key text for the reception of Aeschylus and Euripides in antiquity ⓘ major work of Aristophanes ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Aeschylus
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Dionysus NERFINISHED ⓘ Euripides NERFINISHED ⓘ Xanthias NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| movement | Old Attic Comedy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mythologicalContext | Dionysian mythology NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableScene | agon (contest) between Aeschylus and Euripides in Hades ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| parabasisFunction | direct commentary on Athenian politics and society ⓘ |
| plotSummary | Dionysus travels to the underworld to bring back a great tragedian to save Athenian drama NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| politicalDimension | commentary on leadership and civic responsibility in Athens ⓘ |
| satirizes |
Athenian intellectuals
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Athenian political situation during the Peloponnesian War ⓘ Euripides NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting |
Athens
NERFINISHED
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Underworld ⓘ |
| structure |
agon
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episodes ⓘ exodos ⓘ parabasis ⓘ parodos ⓘ prologue ⓘ |
| targetAudience | Athenian citizen body ⓘ |
| theme |
Athenian drama
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Athenian politics ⓘ critique of contemporary tragedy ⓘ role of the poet in society ⓘ |
| timePeriodDepicted | late Peloponnesian War era ⓘ |
| usesMeter | various Greek lyric and iambic meters ⓘ |
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