Ancient Greek comedy

Muse of comedy in Greek mythology

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Genre of ancient Greek literature

ancient Athenian misanthrope

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In Greek comedy, the parabasis (plural parabases; , plural: ) is a point in the play when all of the actors leave the stage and the chorus is left to address the audience directly. The chorus partially or completely abandons its dramatic role, to step forward (parabasis) and talk to the audience on a topic completely irrelevant to the subject of the play.

earliest period of ancient Greek comedic drama

burlesque dramatic form that developed in the Greek colonies of Magna Graecia in the 4th century BCE

Spoudaiogeloion () denotes the mixture of serious and comical elements stylistically. The word comes from the Greek σπουδαῖον spoudaion, "serious", and γελοῖον geloion, "comical".