The three genres of drama were comedy, satyr plays, and most important of all, tragedy. Comedy: The first comedies were mainly satirical and mocked men in power for their vanity and foolishness.

Your Artstor image groups were copied to Workspace. The Artstor website will be retired on Aug 1st. Illinois Classical Studies Vol. 43, No. 2, Fall 2018 The Mockery of Madness: Laughter at and ... The ...

His play 'The Persians', first performed in 472 BC, is the oldest surviving of all Greek plays ... to three different types or genres: comedy, tragedy and satyr plays.

These plot twists could make Guilfoyle laugh or cry, which brings us back to Greek drama. As early as 600 BCE, the Greeks divided drama into comedy and tragedy. Tragedy focused on lost love ...