Middle Comedy

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1. Greek Attic comedy of the 4th century b.c. The few extant fragments are characterized chiefly by a realistic depiction of everyday life.

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Example Sentences

But, in order of time, no play of Cratinus could belong to the Middle Comedy; for his death is mentioned by Aristophanes in his Peace.

From Lectures on Dramatic Art and Literature by Black, John

Nicostratus, the youngest, is assigned by Athenaeus to the Middle Comedy, but belongs, as is shown by some of the names and characters of his pieces, to the New Comedy also.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 5 "Arculf" to "Armour, Philip" by Various

Hence there may have been many kinds of the Middle Comedy, many intermediate gradations, between the Old and the New; and this is the opinion of some men of learning.

From Lectures on Dramatic Art and Literature by Black, John

Such was the comedy, since called the Middle Comedy, of which there are some instances in Aristophanes.

From The Ancient History of the Egyptians, Carthaginians, Assyrians, Babylonians, Medes and Persians, Macedonians and Grecians (Vol. 1 of 6) by Rollin, Charles

Platonius mentions a further characteristic of the Middle Comedy.

From Lectures on Dramatic Art and Literature by Black, John