New Comedy
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New Comedy was a style of ancient Greek drama that emerged in the late 4th century BCE, characterized by domestic plots, stock characters, and social satire, and is best known through the works of playwrights like Menander.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| New Comedy canonical | 13 |
| Greek New Comedy | 3 |
| Attic Middle Comedy | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2029874 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: New Comedy Context triple: [Menander, movement, New Comedy]
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A.
A Modern Comedy
A Modern Comedy is a sequence of novels by John Galsworthy that continues the saga of the Forsyte family, exploring social change and moral conflict in early 20th-century England.
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B.
Comedìa
Comedìa is the original Italian title of Dante Alighieri’s epic poem commonly known in English as the Divine Comedy.
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C.
Armchair Theatre
Armchair Theatre was a pioneering British television drama anthology series that became highly influential in the development of modern TV drama.
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D.
Sky Comedy
Sky Comedy is a British pay television channel from Sky that focuses on airing comedy series, stand-up specials, and related entertainment.
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E.
Best New Comedy
Best New Comedy is a Laurence Olivier Award category recognizing outstanding new comedic plays in London theatre.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: New Comedy Target entity description: New Comedy was a style of ancient Greek drama that emerged in the late 4th century BCE, characterized by domestic plots, stock characters, and social satire, and is best known through the works of playwrights like Menander.
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A.
A Modern Comedy
A Modern Comedy is a sequence of novels by John Galsworthy that continues the saga of the Forsyte family, exploring social change and moral conflict in early 20th-century England.
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B.
Comedìa
Comedìa is the original Italian title of Dante Alighieri’s epic poem commonly known in English as the Divine Comedy.
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C.
Armchair Theatre
Armchair Theatre was a pioneering British television drama anthology series that became highly influential in the development of modern TV drama.
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D.
Sky Comedy
Sky Comedy is a British pay television channel from Sky that focuses on airing comedy series, stand-up specials, and related entertainment.
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E.
Best New Comedy
Best New Comedy is a Laurence Olivier Award category recognizing outstanding new comedic plays in London theatre.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ancient Greek dramatic genre
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comedy genre ⓘ theatrical tradition ⓘ |
| characteristic |
domestic plots
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focus on private life rather than politics ⓘ happy endings ⓘ realistic settings ⓘ reduction of chorus to musical interludes ⓘ social satire ⓘ stock characters ⓘ use of coincidence in plots ⓘ use of mistaken identities ⓘ use of prologues explaining the plot ⓘ use of recognition scenes (anagnorisis) ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
Greek Antiquity
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surface form:
ancient Greece
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| endTime | c. 260 BCE ⓘ |
| field | drama ⓘ |
| follows |
Old Comedy
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surface form:
Middle Comedy
Old Comedy ⓘ |
| genre | comedy ⓘ |
| hasChorus | limited dramatic role ⓘ |
| influenced |
European Renaissance comedy
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Molière ⓘ Plautus ⓘ Roman comedy ⓘ Terence ⓘ modern situation comedy ⓘ |
| language | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
domestic life
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romantic intrigue ⓘ social relations ⓘ |
| notableAuthor |
Apollodorus of Carystus
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Diphilus ⓘ Menander ⓘ Philemon ⓘ Posidippus of Pella ⓘ
surface form:
Posidippus
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| notableWork |
Aspis
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Dyskolos ⓘ Epitrepontes ⓘ Perikeiromene ⓘ Samia ⓘ |
| partOf | ancient Greek comedy ⓘ |
| startTime | c. 320 BCE ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
Hellenistic period
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late 4th century BCE ⓘ |
| typicalCharacter |
braggart soldier
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clever slave ⓘ courtesan ⓘ parasite ⓘ stern father ⓘ young lover ⓘ |
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Input
Subject: New Comedy Description of subject: New Comedy was a style of ancient Greek drama that emerged in the late 4th century BCE, characterized by domestic plots, stock characters, and social satire, and is best known through the works of playwrights like Menander.
Referenced by (17)
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this entity surface form:
Greek New Comedy
this entity surface form:
Greek New Comedy
this entity surface form:
Attic Middle Comedy