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- Ancient Greek Comedy was a popular and influential form of theatre performed across ancient Greece from the 6th century BCE. The most famous playwrights of the genre were Aristophanes and Menander and their works and those of their contemporaries poked fun at politicians, philosophers, and fellow artists.
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Ancient Greek comedy (Ancient Greek: κωμῳδία, romanized: kōmōidía) was one of the final three principal dramatic forms in the theatre of classical Greece (the others being tragedy and the satyr play).
- Philemon
Philemon (Greek: Φιλήμων; c. 362 BC – c. 262 BC) was an...
- Old Comedy
Old Comedy is the first period of the ancient Greek comedy,...
- Category:Ancient Greek comedies
Pages in category "Ancient Greek comedies". The following 3...
- Philemon
Mar 25, 2013 · Ancient Greek comedy was a popular and influential form of theatre performed across ancient Greece from the 6th century BCE. The most famous playwrights of the genre were Aristophanes and Menander and...
- Mark Cartwright
Lysistrata ( / laɪˈsɪstrətə / or / ˌlɪsəˈstrɑːtə /; Attic Greek: Λυσιστράτη, Lysistrátē, lit. 'army disbander') is an ancient Greek comedy by Aristophanes, originally performed in classical Athens in 411 BCE.
Comedy, together with tragedy was one of two principal dramatic forms of ancient Greek theater. Athenian comedy is conventionally divided into three periods: Old Comedy, Middle Comedy, and New Comedy.
The Birds ( Greek: Ὄρνιθες, translit. Órnithes) is a comedy by the Ancient Greek playwright Aristophanes. It was performed in 414 BC at the City Dionysia in Athens where it won second place.
