The Woman from Cyprus
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"The Woman from Cyprus" is an ancient Greek comedy by the playwright Diphilus, known only through surviving fragments and later adaptations by Roman dramatists.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Woman from Chios | 1 |
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ancient Greek comedy
ⓘ
fragmentary play ⓘ lost play ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Cyprus in Greek culture ⓘ |
| author | Diphilus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cataloguedIn | fragments of Greek New Comedy ⓘ |
| centuryOfComposition | 3rd century BCE ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
Greek Antiquity
ⓘ
surface form:
Ancient Greece
|
| culturalContext | Hellenistic Athens NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dramaticForm | comedy in verse ⓘ |
| genre | New Comedy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasFragment | fragment preserved in later authors ⓘ |
| influenceOn |
Plautine comedy
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Roman comedy ⓘ Terentian comedy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFrom |
citations in later literary sources
ⓘ
indirect tradition via Roman dramatists ⓘ |
| literaryTradition | Greek New Comedy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| partOf | corpus of Diphilus ⓘ |
| setting | Greek world ⓘ |
| survivalStatus | fragmentary ⓘ |
| textualTransmission |
known through fragments
ⓘ
known through later adaptations ⓘ |
| titleRefersTo | a woman from Cyprus ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.