Onomasti komodein

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Onomasti komodein ( ὀνομαστὶ κωμῳδεῖν onomasti kōmōidein ) is a term used in ancient Greece expressed the roll call mockery of mostly respected people in the ancient Greek comedy of the 5th century BC (aka Attic Old Comedy designates). This is a satirical personal attack that was carried out with complete freedom against important personalities (see in particular the attacks of Aristophanes against Cleon , the most powerful man of Athens at the time ), Socrates (the philosopher), Euripides (the tragedy poet ), to uncover their mistakes.

According to a view that owes its origin to the Peripatetic School , it was the fundamental characterizing aspect of ancient Greek comedy of the first period.

literature

  • Anton Bierl : 'Much ridicule, much honor!' - The ambivalence of the ὀνομαστὶ κωμῳδεῖν in a festive and generic context. In: A. Ercolani (Ed.): Spoudaiogeloion. Form and function of mockery in aristophanic comedy. Stuttgart u. Weimar: Metzler 2002 (Drama 11), 169–187 ( table of contents )
  • M. Kaimio et al. a .: Comic Violence in Aristophanes. In: Arctos 24, 1990, 47-72 ( table of contents )
  • Yun Lee Too: The Idea of ​​Ancient Literary Criticism. 1999 ( online excerpt )
  • Kenneth J. Reckford : Aristophanes' Old-And-New Comedy. Volume I: Six Essays in Perspective. The University of North Carolina Press 1987 ( online excerpt )
  • RA LaFleur: Horace and "onomasti komodein". The Law of Satire. In: Rise and Fall of the Roman World, Vol. II 3, 13. de Gruyter, Berlin 1981, pp. 1790–1826
  • Natalia Kyriakidi: Aristophanes and Eupolis. On the story of a poetic rivalry. de Gruyter, Berlin / New York 2007, ISBN 978-3-11-019139-4 ( online excerpt )

References and footnotes

  1. ↑ See the commentary in: Platon Werke, VIII XII: Part 3. Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 2011 ( online excerpt ).
  2. ↑ "The Attic Old Comedy, a child of Attic democracy, was characterized by ὀνομαστὶ κωμῳδεῖν, i.e. the practice of naming and mocking known people." ( Friedolin.uni-jena.de : Greek reading: Aristophanes, clouds) .
  3. ↑ See Reckford 1987, p. 417.
  4. ↑ As the successor to Pericles , Cleon was the leading politician and military leader of Athens during the Peloponnesian War .
  5. ↑ cf. The Babylonians ; The Knights (864-867 * ); The Wasps (664-712 * * )
  6. ↑ Or rather the group of Sophists . See also the apology by Socrates of Plato .
  7. ↑ cf. The clouds
  8. ↑ cf. The frogs
  9. ^ Giuseppe Mastromarco: Introduzione a Aristofane. Rom, Bari 1994, pp. 21-22.