Back Vella comèdia Catalan Vanaatika komöödia Estonian کمدی کهن Persian הקומדיה היוונית העתיקה של אריסטופאנס HE Komedi Kuno ID Commedia antica Italian Vetus comoedia Latin Den gamle komedie NB Древняя комедия Russian Stara atička komedija Serbo-Croatian
Old Comedy is the first period of the ancient Greek comedy, according to the canonical division by the Alexandrian grammarians.[1] The most important Old Comic playwright is Aristophanes – whose works, with their daring political commentary and abundance of sexual innuendo, de facto define the genre. The only extant plays of Old Comedy are credited to Aristophanes. There are only fragments and 'testimonia' of all other Old Comedy playwrights and plays.
- ^ Mastromarco (1994) p.12