#comedy

• Amphitruo — The original Latin title of the famous comedy written by the Roman playwright Titus Maccius Plautus in the 2nd century BC, a theatrical play of the 'fabula palliata' genre based on the Greek myth of Amphitryon. The work is historically recognized for introducing farce, identical doubles, and identity confusions generated by the intervention of the gods Jupiter and Mercury in mortal life.
• Aristophanes — The most prominent comic playwright and poet of ancient Athens, considered the father of Old Comedy and an undeniable master of political and social satire. His brilliant works, remarkable for their biting humor, overflowing fantasy, and relentless criticism of demagogues, philosophers, and the Peloponnesian War, offer a unique structural breakdown of 5th-century BC Athenian society.
• Aristophanic — Belonging to Aristophanes, relating to his work, style, or genre of comedy; specific to his unique satirical manner. In a broad sense, it describes a text, speech, or spirit characterized by biting irony, sarcastic humor with overflowing fantasy, irresistible comic verve, and a direct, often violent critique of political or social mores.
• Aristophanes — Aristophanes (c. 446–386 BCE), the greatest comic playwright and poet of Ancient Greece, known as the Father of Old Comedy. His plays, including The Clouds, The Frogs, and The Birds, are renowned for their ruthless political satire, brilliant mockery of Athenian society, demagogues, and famous contemporaries like Socrates or Euripides, providing an invaluable historical perspective on classical Athens.
• Harlequinade — A short play, pantomime, or farce specific to the old Italian popular theater (Commedia dell'arte), featuring Harlequin as the main character; (figuratively) an unserious action, farce, buffoonery, or ridiculous and insincere behavior characterized by sudden changes in attitude or hypocrisy aimed at deceiving or superficially amusing.
• Harpagon — The name of the main character in Molière's famous comedy 'The Miser', characterized by pathological stinginess and absurd greed. By antonomasia, it became a common noun used to denote an extremely stingy or avaricious person.
• Atellan farce — A form of popular, satirical, and licentious comedy from ancient Italy (originating in the Oscan town of Atella), characterized by the use of fixed masks, stereotyped stock characters (Maccus, Bucco, Pappus, Dossenus), and short texts based on coarse improvisation. Considered a direct ancestor of the Commedia dell'arte, the Atellan farce was assimilated by Roman culture as an afterpiece (exodium) performed at the end of tragedies to lighten the mood.