The first master of comedy was the playwright Aristophanes. Much later Menander wrote comedies about ordinary people and made his plays more like sit-coms. Tragedy: Tragedy dealt with the big ...

I also studied the Ancient Greek comedy whizz Aristophanes at university. If the Dutch pioneered total football, Aristophanes was the master of total comedy, from high-end political satire and ...

The first master of comedy was the playwright Aristophanes. Much later Menander wrote comedies about ordinary people and made his plays more like sit-coms. Tragedy: Tragedy dealt with the big ...