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.

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The Twins canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf New Comedy play
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
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
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

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Diphilus hasWork The Twins
Men and Women hasPart The Twins