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Old Comedy

Old Comedy proper noun: the first period of the Ancient Greek comedy, according to the canonical division by the Alexandrian grammarians, often involving political commentary and sexual innuendo, and typified by Aristophanes.

Proper noun

Old Comedy

  1. The first period of the Ancient Greek comedy, according to the canonical division by the Alexandrian grammarians, often involving political commentary and sexual innuendo, and typified by Aristophanes.

Questions about Old Comedy

What does Old Comedy mean?
Old Comedy means the first period of the Ancient Greek comedy, according to the canonical division by the Alexandrian grammarians, often involving political commentary and sexual innuendo, and typified by Aristophanes.
What part of speech is Old Comedy?
Old Comedy is a proper noun.

Words near Old Comedy in the dictionary

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  6. Old Comedy
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  10. old countries
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