Apollodorus of Carystus

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Apollodorus of Carystus was an Athenian playwright of the New Comedy period, known for his influential and refined domestic comedies.

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instanceOf Athenian dramatist
New Comedy poet
ancient Greek playwright
associatedWith Athenian theatre NERFINISHED
comic stage in Athens
citizenship Athens NERFINISHED
culturalSphere Classical Greek theatre
fieldOfWork ancient Greek comedy
floruit 4th–3rd century BCE
genre domestic comedy
influenced Menander NERFINISHED
later Roman comic playwrights
knownFrom ancient testimonia
later literary references
language Ancient Greek
literaryPeriod Hellenistic era NERFINISHED
movement New Comedy NERFINISHED
nationality Athenian
notableFor refined domestic comedies
occupation comic poet
playwright
placeOfOrigin Carystus NERFINISHED
Euboea NERFINISHED
style complex plots
realistic characterization
refined
subjectMatter everyday domestic life
family relationships
social manners
tradition Attic New Comedy NERFINISHED
workStatus survives mainly in fragments

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New Comedy notableAuthor Apollodorus of Carystus