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Japanese: ギリシア喜劇 - ギリシアきげき

A genre of ancient Greek theater. The Greek word komoidea means "song of a festival procession," and is thought to have originated from the festival processions praising Dionysus and the satirical songs that accompanied them. It is characterized by scathing satire on all aspects of life, including politics and customs. It is divided into three periods: the topical and political Old Comedy of the 5th century BC, represented by Aristophanes; the Middle Comedy up to around 330 BC (no works have survived); and the New Comedy from after that, represented by Menander, which was closer to a drama of manners. → Comedy / Greek Theater

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Japanese:

古代ギリシア演劇の一ジャンル。ギリシア語のコモイディアは〈祭りの行列の歌〉の意で，ディオニュソスを賛える祝祭行列やその際の風刺歌が起源とみられる。政治や風俗など，人事万般に対する痛烈な風刺が特色。アリストファネスを代表とする前５世紀の時事的・政治的な古喜劇，前330年ごろまでの中期喜劇（作品は伝存しない），それ以降のメナンドロスによって代表される，風俗劇に近い新喜劇の３期に分けられる。→喜劇／ギリシア演劇

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