| gptkbp:instanceOf | gptkb:literature 
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                                | gptkbp:characterizedBy | gptkb:satire gptkb:choral_music
 political commentary
 parabasis
 
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                                | gptkbp:chorusRole | reduced in New Comedy significant in Old Comedy
 
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                                | gptkbp:costume | exaggerated masks padded costumes
 
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                                | gptkbp:dividedInto | gptkb:Old_Comedy gptkb:Middle_Comedy
 New Comedy
 
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                                | gptkbp:flourishedDuring | 5th century BCE 
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                                | gptkbp:influenced | gptkb:Western_theatre Roman Comedy
 
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                                | gptkbp:influencedBy | gptkb:Greek_Tragedy Dionysian festivals
 
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                                | gptkbp:language | gptkb:Ancient_Greek colloquial
 poetic
 
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                                | gptkbp:lostWorks | gptkb:Cratinus gptkb:Eupolis
 
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                                | gptkbp:mask | yes 
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                                | gptkbp:musicBy | accompanied by flute 
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                                | gptkbp:New_ComedyExample | gptkb:Dyskolos gptkb:Samia
 
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                                | gptkbp:notableContributor | gptkb:Menander gptkb:Aristophanes
 gptkb:Cratinus
 gptkb:Eupolis
 
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                                | gptkbp:notablePlace | gptkb:concert_hall 
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                                | gptkbp:Old_ComedyExample | gptkb:Lysistrata gptkb:The_Clouds
 
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                                | gptkbp:originatedIn | Ancient Greece 
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                                | gptkbp:performedAt | gptkb:Lenaia gptkb:City_Dionysia
 
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                                | gptkbp:structure | gptkb:Prologue parodos
 agon
 episodes
 exodos
 parabasis
 
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                                | gptkbp:survivingWorks | gptkb:Menander gptkb:Aristophanes
 
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                                | gptkbp:targetAudience | Athenian citizens 
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                                | gptkbp:theme | social satire domestic life
 love intrigues
 mythological parody
 
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                                | gptkbp:bfsParent | gptkb:Hugh_Lloyd-Jones 
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                                | gptkbp:bfsLayer | 7 
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                                | https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label | Greek Comedy 
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