- A
phlyax play (Ancient Gr****: φλύαξ, pl: φλύακες, phlyakes), also
known as a
hilarotragedy (Ἱλαροτραγῳδία lit. 'cheerful tragedy'), was a
burlesque dramatic...
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burlesque dramatic form that
blended tragic and
comic elements,
known as
phlyax play or hilarotragedy,
developed in the Gr****
colonies of
Magna Graecia...
- A
depiction of
actors playing the
roles of a
master (right) and his
slave (left) in a Gr****
phlyax play, c. 350/340 BCE...
- and
Sicily Italiot Gr****:
modern dialects Magna Graecia Milo of
Croton Phlyax play
Siceliotes Sicels A
history of
earliest Italy By M****imo Pallottino...
- are the
theatre scenes.
Especially farce scenes, e.g. from the so-called
phlyax vases are
quite common.
Scenes of
athletic activity or
everyday life only...
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Episode Epode Kommós Mêchanê
Monody Ode
Epinikion Onomastì komodèin
Parabasis Phlyax play
Sparagmos Stásimon
Stichomythia Strophê
Thalia (Muse)
Theoric fund...
-
Phlyax scene from
Thesmophoriazusae on an
Apulian krater, c. 370 BC:
Having been exposed,
Mnesilochus grabs a baby as a hostage, but
finds out it was a...
- in fragments:
Epicharmus comic poet and
writers of
South Italian Comedy (
phlyax play),
Mithaecus food
writer and Archimedes.
Aeolic is an
exclusively poetic...
-
stood have been
interpreted as the
remnants of a
small mobile stage for
Phlyax plays. A
statue of a
caryatid now
preserved in the
Museo archeologico regionale...
- Po****r
themes included scenes from
female life, erotes, women's
heads and
phlyax scenes.
Mythological motifs are rare. Like in
other areas, vase painting...
