Attic New Comedy

…An ancient Greek Athenian comedian. A representative writer of New Attic Comedy, which is contrasted with Old Attic Comedy, and the nephew of the comedian Alexis. His comedies dramatize very ordinary human relationships, such as between parents and children, between man (husband) and woman (wife), between master and slave, between neighbors, and between friends.

*Some of the terms used in reference to "Attic New Comedy" are listed below.

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…古代ギリシア，アテナイの喜劇作家。アッティカ古喜劇と対比されるアッティカ新喜劇の代表的作家で，喜劇作家アレクシスの甥。彼の喜劇で劇化されるのは，極めて日常的な人間関係，すなわち親と子，男(夫)と女(妻)，主人と奴隷，隣人，友人といったものである。…

※「アッティカ新喜劇」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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