Before getting into the play itself it is important to understand the differences between New Comedy and Old comedy in Ancient Greece. The leading playwright of old Comedy was Aristophanes and in Old comedy the principal role was played by the chorus, it had flexible casts and the main point of the plays were to poke fun at contemporary society, politics, and culture. With the rise of new comedy the importance of the chorus diminished and often involved stock characters. ... " (Mastin) The second character in the play that represents aspects of new comedy is Sostratos. ... This is another...

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Comedy was also seen during the 400's BC. Aristophanes, who wrote plays in the style Old Comedy, was a great writer of comic plays. ... With its elements of political and social satire, government leaders no longer permitted Old Comedy. ...

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Aristophanes, the greatest of comic playwrights Aristophanes introduced the coarse type of comedy known as "old comedy". ... Of his 54 comedies, only 11 have survived: the Acharnians, the Birds (generally regarded as his masterpiece), the Clouds, the Ecclesiazusae (the women in politics), the Frogs, the Knights, Lysistrata , Peace, Plutus (his last play), the Thesmophorizusae and the Wasps Euripides One of the three greatest tragic playwrights, Euripides is most known for introducing the "apo mihanis theo" (deus ex machina, a god from the machine). ...

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Great people like Sophocles & Aristophanes wrote plays that are famous even today. ... Comedy was also seen during the 400's BC. Aristophanes, who wrote plays in the style Old Comedy, was a great writer of comic plays. ...

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