| 单词 | old comedy |
| 释义 | > as lemmasOld Comedy Old Comedy n. [compare classical Latin vetus comoedia, antiqua comoedia, prisca comoedia, ancient Greek κωμῳδίαι παλαιαί (plural), Hellenistic Greek κωμῳδία ἀρχαία] the earliest of the three phases into which ancient Greek comedy is customarily divided, largely consisting of topical political satire with a festive, farcical tone and a prominent chorus; (also) comedies belonging to this phase. Cf. Middle Comedy n. at middle adj. and n. Compounds 1a, New Comedy n. at new adj. and n. Compounds 2a.Aristophanes is the principal author of Old Comedy, and his plays are its only surviving examples. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > drama > a play > [noun] > a comedy > other types of comedy Old Comedy1529 New Comedy1542 comedy of errors?1595 romantic comedy1748 musical comedy1765 comédie larmoyante1773 sketch1789 serio-comedy1808 vaudeville1827 teacup-and-saucer comedy1842 satyr play1845 Restoration comedy1866 zarzuela1888 situation comedy1893 sex comedy1915 sitcom1956 1529 tr. Erasmus Exhort. Studye Script. (following title page) The old comedye vnto pericles whiche maye..leve perpetuall prickes and instigacyons in the mindes of the hearers. 1589 G. Puttenham Arte Eng. Poesie i. xiv. 25 This bitter poeme called the old Comedy, being disused and taken away, the new Comedy came in place, more ciuill and pleasant a great deale. a1637 B. Jonson Explorata 130 in Wks. (1640) II. Perverse, and sinister Sayings (and the rather unexpected) in the old Comedy did move laughter. 1756 T. Sheridan Brit. Educ. iii. i. 282 Under Cratinus, Aristophanes, and Eupolis, did another æra finish the old comedy. a1846 T. R. Dew Digest Laws Anc. & Mod. Nations (1853) vii. viii. 129 Old comedy..was to Athens what the liberty of the press is to modern republics. 1944 P. W. Harsh Handbk. Classical Drama ii. v. 257 Informality and fantasy rule Old Comedy. 1975 J. Henderson Maculate Muse i. 12 The basic nature of Old Comedy was negative, critical, and aggressive; the object was to expose its victims to ridicule and abuse. 2006 Classical Q. 56 94 Old Comedy was renowned for its exceptional liberty of expression. < as lemmas |
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