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They represent distinctly different expressions of the comic spirit . The “ Old Comedy ” is that of Aristophanes ; the “ New Comedy , ” of Menander . Aristophanes , who lived about 448 to 380 B.C. , was the master of the Old Comedy ...
They represent distinctly different expressions of the comic spirit . The “ Old Comedy ” is that of Aristophanes ; the “ New Comedy , ” of Menander . Aristophanes , who lived about 448 to 380 B.C. , was the master of the Old Comedy ...
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right up to the present moment in spirit . Wholly unsentimental , it is satirical , bristling with the barbed wit that criticizes , mocks , exposes , or deflates its target . Aristophanes had a scatter - shot style that spared neither ...
right up to the present moment in spirit . Wholly unsentimental , it is satirical , bristling with the barbed wit that criticizes , mocks , exposes , or deflates its target . Aristophanes had a scatter - shot style that spared neither ...
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Since then Komachi has been possessed , or haunted , by the spirit of the dead suitor ( the Japanese regarded the spirits of the dead as extremely powerful and dangerous ) . She has grown old and hideous , racked with remorse for her ...
Since then Komachi has been possessed , or haunted , by the spirit of the dead suitor ( the Japanese regarded the spirits of the dead as extremely powerful and dangerous ) . She has grown old and hideous , racked with remorse for her ...
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How Drama Was Born | 1 |
The Theatre of Greece | 6 |
Reconstruction of Theatre of Dionysus at Athens | 14 |
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