- In Gr**** comedy, the
parabasis (plural parabases;
Ancient Gr****: παράβασις, plural: παραβάσεις) is a
point in the play when all of the
actors leave the...
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Generally the
parabasis occurs somewhere in the
middle of a play and
often there is a
second parabasis towards the end. The
elements of a
parabasis have been...
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takes Dionysus to be
verified offstage by
Pluto and ****phone. In the
parabasis, the
chorus comments on the
political state of Athens,
criticizing its...
- protagonist.
Parabasis: In
classical Gr**** comedy,
parabasis is 'a
speech in
which the
chorus comes forward and
addresses the audience'. A
parabasis is not...
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actors are offstage, the
Chorus addresses the
audience in a
conventional parabasis. It
praises the
author for
standing up to
monsters like
Cleon and it chastises...
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parabasis proper (lines 518–626), the
Chorus reveals that the
original play was
badly received when it was produced.
References in the same
parabasis...
- Lysistrata.
Parabasis: The
parabasis is an
address to the
audience by the
Chorus in the
absence of any actors.
Generally there is a long
parabasis in the middle...
- as the antagonist.
Parabasis: Here the
first parabasis follows a
conventional form (lines 626–701). However, the
second parabasis (lines 971-99) is unusual...
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precious blood in a pan. At this point, the
action pauses briefly for a
parabasis. Meanwhile, the male
authorities are
notified of the
illegal presence...
- rise to the term in England." A form of
rapid patter occurred in the
parabasis in
ancient Gr**** comedies. The 16th-century
French composer F. de Lys...
