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- What is the famous ancient Greek Comedy?
- What were the comedies of ancient Greek life?
- What is the best known Greek comedy?
- What was the purpose of Greek comedy?
What is the famous ancient Greek Comedy?
Old Comedy sometimes is called Aristophanic comedy, after its most famous exponent, whose 11 surviving plays include The Clouds (423 bc), a satire on the misuse of philosophical argument directed chiefly against Socrates, and The Frogs (405 bc), a satire on Greek drama directed chiefly against Euripides.
What were the comedies of ancient Greek life?
The Alexandrine grammarians seem to have been the first to divide Greek comedy into what became the canonical three periods: Old Comedy (archà ia), Middle Comedy (mese) and New Comedy (nea). These divisions appear to be largely arbitrary, and ancient comedy almost certainly developed constantly over the years.
What is the best known Greek comedy?
Lysistrata. Lysistrata is one of the most famous ancient Greek comedies by the person who is credited as the best Greek comedy writer in history, Aristophanes. This comedy has actually been remade in modern times and was recently recreated in the movie, Chi-Raq. Lysistrata was first performed in 411 BCE.
What was the purpose of Greek comedy?
One thing is certain: although one main purpose of Greek comedies was to entertain a mass audience, comic plays were not written just for laughs.
