Corpus of New Comedy fragments
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The Corpus of New Comedy fragments is a scholarly collection of surviving textual pieces from ancient Greek New Comedy playwrights, especially Menander, preserved through quotations, papyri, and later adaptations.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| corpus of Menander | 2 |
| Corpus of New Comedy fragments canonical | 1 |
| corpus of Menander’s plays | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2029901 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Corpus of New Comedy fragments Context triple: [Menander, hasPartInCollection, Corpus of New Comedy fragments]
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Parerga and Paralipomena
Parerga and Paralipomena is a collection of philosophical essays and aphorisms by Arthur Schopenhauer that elaborates and popularizes his pessimistic worldview and metaphysical ideas.
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B.
Short Organon for the Theatre
Short Organon for the Theatre is a theoretical essay by Bertolt Brecht outlining his principles of epic theatre and the use of techniques like the alienation effect to provoke critical audience engagement.
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C.
Aeschylus' lost plays of the Theban trilogy
Aeschylus' lost plays of the Theban trilogy were a set of now-missing Greek tragedies that dramatized the mythic saga of the Theban royal house, including the story of Oedipus.
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D.
Einleitung in die griechische Tragödie
*Einleitung in die griechische Tragödie* is a scholarly work by classical philologist Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff that offers a foundational analysis of the origins, structure, and cultural significance of ancient Greek tragedy.
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E.
Dialogus de oratoribus
Dialogus de oratoribus is a Latin philosophical dialogue, traditionally attributed to Tacitus, that examines the decline of oratory in Imperial Rome and the nature of eloquence.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Corpus of New Comedy fragments Target entity description: The Corpus of New Comedy fragments is a scholarly collection of surviving textual pieces from ancient Greek New Comedy playwrights, especially Menander, preserved through quotations, papyri, and later adaptations.
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A.
Parerga and Paralipomena
Parerga and Paralipomena is a collection of philosophical essays and aphorisms by Arthur Schopenhauer that elaborates and popularizes his pessimistic worldview and metaphysical ideas.
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B.
Short Organon for the Theatre
Short Organon for the Theatre is a theoretical essay by Bertolt Brecht outlining his principles of epic theatre and the use of techniques like the alienation effect to provoke critical audience engagement.
-
C.
Aeschylus' lost plays of the Theban trilogy
Aeschylus' lost plays of the Theban trilogy were a set of now-missing Greek tragedies that dramatized the mythic saga of the Theban royal house, including the story of Oedipus.
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D.
Einleitung in die griechische Tragödie
*Einleitung in die griechische Tragödie* is a scholarly work by classical philologist Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff that offers a foundational analysis of the origins, structure, and cultural significance of ancient Greek tragedy.
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E.
Dialogus de oratoribus
Dialogus de oratoribus is a Latin philosophical dialogue, traditionally attributed to Tacitus, that examines the decline of oratory in Imperial Rome and the nature of eloquence.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (32)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
classical studies resource
ⓘ
scholarly corpus ⓘ textual collection ⓘ |
| chronologicalScope | Hellenistic period ⓘ |
| containsWorksBy |
Menander
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other New Comedy poets ⓘ |
| field |
ancient Greek literature
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classics ⓘ papyrology ⓘ philology ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
Greek New Comedy
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linked to:
New Comedy
Menander ⓘ New Comedy playwrights ⓘ |
| genre | New Comedy ⓘ |
| includes |
fragments preserved in adaptations
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papyri fragments ⓘ quotations in later authors ⓘ textual fragments ⓘ |
| language | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| preservationMode |
direct papyrus evidence
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indirect tradition ⓘ |
| primaryAuthorRepresented | Menander ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Menander papyri
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linked to:
Oxyrhynchus Papyri
ancient comic fragments collections ⓘ fragments of Greek drama ⓘ |
| sourceType |
later adaptations
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papyri ⓘ quotations ⓘ |
| usedFor |
reconstruction of lost New Comedy plays
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study of Greek language and style ⓘ study of Greek theatre ⓘ study of reception of New Comedy in later literature ⓘ |
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linked to: Corpus of New Comedy fragments