The Twins
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The Twins is an ancient Greek New Comedy play by the dramatist Diphilus, likely centered on mistaken identities involving twin characters.
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
New Comedy play
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ancient Greek play ⓘ theatrical work ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Greek New Comedy mistaken-identity motif ⓘ |
| author | Diphilus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| characterType |
older authority figures
ⓘ
servants ⓘ stock characters ⓘ young lovers ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
Greek Antiquity
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surface form:
Ancient Greece
|
| dramaticForm | comedy ⓘ |
| dramaticSubgenre | domestic comedy ⓘ |
| dramaturg | Diphilus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre | New Comedy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenced | later Roman comedy ⓘ |
| influencedBy | earlier Attic comedy traditions ⓘ |
| language | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | Hellenistic period ⓘ |
| literaryTradition | Greek New Comedy mistaken-identity plays ⓘ |
| mainCharacters | twins ⓘ |
| mainTheme | mistaken identity ⓘ |
| narrativeDevice |
misrecognition
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twin confusion ⓘ |
| originalAudience | Greek-speaking audiences ⓘ |
| originalMedium | stage performance ⓘ |
| originalPerformanceType | live theatre ⓘ |
| plotFeature |
comic misunderstandings
ⓘ
eventual recognition of true identities ⓘ |
| settingType | urban setting ⓘ |
| writtenBy | Diphilus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
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