Attic Old Comedy

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Attic Old Comedy is the earliest phase of ancient Athenian comic drama, characterized by bold political satire, fantastical plots, and chorus-driven performances in 5th-century BCE Athens.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient Greek comedy ⓘ
dramatic literature ⓘ
theatrical genre ⓘ
addresses Athenian democracy ⓘ
Athenian politicians ⓘ
intellectual movements ⓘ
social customs ⓘ
war and peace ⓘ
associatedWithDeity Dionysus ⓘ
characterizedBy bold political satire ⓘ
chorus-driven performances ⓘ
direct address to the audience ⓘ
fantastical plots ⓘ
parabasis ⓘ
personal invective ⓘ
political commentary ⓘ
topical references ⓘ
use of costumes with comic exaggeration ⓘ
use of masks ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Ancient Greece ⓘ
linked to: Greek Antiquity
floruit 5th century BCE ⓘ
followedBy Middle Comedy ⓘ
New Comedy ⓘ
hasComponent agon ⓘ
chorus ⓘ
episodes ⓘ
exodos ⓘ
parabasis ⓘ
parodos ⓘ
hasPhase Old Comedy ⓘ
influenced later European satirical drama ⓘ
political satire in Western literature ⓘ
language Ancient Greek ⓘ
mainPerformanceVenue Theatre of Dionysus ⓘ
majorPlaywright Aristophanes ⓘ
Cratinus ⓘ
Eupolis ⓘ
Hermippus ⓘ
Pherecrates ⓘ
Telecleides ⓘ
notableWorkExample Acharnians ⓘ
linked to: The Acharnians

Knights ⓘ
Lysistrata ⓘ
The Birds ⓘ
The Clouds ⓘ
The Frogs ⓘ
partOf ancient Greek drama ⓘ
performedAt City Dionysia ⓘ
Lenaia ⓘ
primaryLocation Athens ⓘ
subgenreOf political satire ⓘ
stage comedy ⓘ
timePeriod Peloponnesian War era ⓘ
linked to: Peloponnesian War
usesDramaticDevice allegory ⓘ
fantasy journeys ⓘ
personification of abstract concepts ⓘ

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Strepsiades → appearsInGenre → Attic Old Comedy ⓘ
Attic New Comedy → follows → Attic Old Comedy ⓘ
Satires → literaryInfluence → Greek Old Comedy ⓘ
linked to: Attic Old Comedy
Peace → literaryTradition → Attic Old Comedy ⓘ
Ecclesiazusae → literaryMovement → Old Attic Comedy ⓘ
linked to: Attic Old Comedy
Clouds (play) → literaryMovement → Attic Old Comedy ⓘ
Plutus → literaryTradition → Attic Old Comedy ⓘ
subject linked to: Aristophanes’ play "Plutus"
Frogs → movement → Old Attic Comedy ⓘ
linked to: Attic Old Comedy
Simiche → workLiteraryTraditionContext → Attic comedy ⓘ
linked to: Attic Old Comedy
Men Bearing Heavy Burdens → literaryTradition → Attic Old and Middle Comedy tradition ⓘ
linked to: Attic Old Comedy
Sermones → influencedBy → Greek Old Comedy ⓘ
linked to: Attic Old Comedy
The Assemblywomen → movement → Athenian Old Comedy ⓘ
linked to: Attic Old Comedy
Cario → mediumOfPerformanceContext → Attic Old Comedy ⓘ