Mimiambi

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Mimiambi are a collection of Hellenistic Greek mimes in verse, most famously composed by Herodas, that depict everyday life and characters in a vivid, colloquial style.

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Mimiambi canonical 1

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instanceOf Hellenistic poetry ⓘ
ancient Greek literature genre ⓘ
literary work type ⓘ
alsoSpelled Mimiamboi ⓘ
linked to: Mimiambs

Mimiambs ⓘ
associatedWithPeriod Hellenistic period ⓘ
culturalContext Hellenistic Greek urban culture ⓘ
depicts everyday life ⓘ
ordinary characters ⓘ
focusesOn domestic scenes ⓘ
social interactions ⓘ
urban life ⓘ
hasForm verse ⓘ
hasGenre mime ⓘ
hasLanguage Ancient Greek ⓘ
hasNotableAuthor Herodas ⓘ
hasStyle colloquial ⓘ
vivid ⓘ
hasTheme commercial transactions ⓘ
domestic conflict ⓘ
education and schooling ⓘ
everyday speech of common people ⓘ
religious practices ⓘ
sexual relationships ⓘ
social satire ⓘ
influenced later European verse satire ⓘ
influencedBy Sophron’s mimes ⓘ
literaryForm dramatic monologue ⓘ
short dramatic sketch ⓘ
literaryTradition Greek mime tradition ⓘ
mostFamouslyComposedBy Herodas ⓘ
originatedIn Hellenistic Alexandria ⓘ
preservedIn papyrus manuscripts ⓘ
relatedTo New Comedy ⓘ
iambic poetry ⓘ
studiedInField ancient theatre studies ⓘ
classics ⓘ
philology ⓘ
uses dialectal forms ⓘ
direct speech ⓘ
dramatic dialogue ⓘ
humor ⓘ
obscene language ⓘ
realistic characterization ⓘ
usesMeter choliambic verse ⓘ
scazon ⓘ
writtenInDialect Koine-influenced Ionic ⓘ

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