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theatre of
ancient Greece, the
eirōn (Ancient Gr****: εἴρων) "dissembler" was one of
various stock characters in comedy. The
eirōn usually succeeded by bringing...
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characters in
comedy of the
theatre of
ancient Greece. He is the
opponent of the
eirôn. The alazṓn is an
impostor that sees
himself as
greater than he actually...
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involving three types of characters: the
buffoon (bômolochus), the
ironist (
eirōn), and the
imposter or
boaster (alazṓn). All
three are
central to Aristophanes'...
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Ironism (n. ironist; from Gr****:
eiron, eironeia) is a term
coined by
Richard Rorty for the
concept that
allows rhetorical scholars to
actively parti****te...
- an alazon, the "impostor and self-deceiving braggart" in a story, or an
eiron, a "self-derogatory and
understating character". In
American po****r films...
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identified him as a
central portion of the Myth of
Spring comedy and a type of
eiron character.
Besides Serpina,
another female version of the
tricky slave would...
- stock-character from Old
Comedy (such as that of Aristophanes)
known as the
eiron, who
dissimulates and
affects less
intelligence than he has—and so ultimately...
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factors in m****
migrations to
eastern Europe. The
final instance came
after Eiron (Aaron) of
Lengnau was
accused and
executed for blasphemy. One of the most...
- 86. pp. 158–166. Skinner, M. B. (1971). "Catullus 8: The
Comic Amator as
Eiron".
classical Journal, 66. pp. 298–305. Swanson, R. A. (1963). "The Humor...
- address. In
modern Gr****, the word
refers to a foul-mouthed person. Alazôn
Eirôn Carlson (1993, 23) and
Janko (1987, 45, 170). Carlson, Marvin. 1993. Theories...
