Greek Comedy Research Paper

Comedy has always been an important aspect of every person's life and enables humans to have the ability to not only laugh at certain jokes, as well as actions. In addition, comedy allows people to create or share bonds with one another. Comedy was first introduced in the Greek culture through the form of plays, gladiator battles, and festivals. The word pertaining to the Greek culture for comedy, myths, are nonetheless local folktales to explain the creation of a particular natural phenomenon. Myths are legends that demonstrate different ideas such as morals and beliefs. The word mythology is used for the entire body of myths found in a given tradition. This is not with the same Greek culture in which seeing bloodshed was an enjoyable task such as in the …show more content…
Greek comedy was displayed throughout a variety of events such as festivals, plays, and Roman Colosseum. Festivals as well as the Dionysia which is a festival to celebrate a city is a popular event that many Greek citizens celebrate yearly. The plays show the beauty of the Greek culture and reveal different styles of clothing, lifestyle, and entertainment. These are two peaceful forms of Greek comedy that have become essential to Greek history. The colosseum was located east of the Roman Forum, the colossal stone stadium known as the Colosseum was built around A.D. 70-72 by Emperor Vespasian of the Flavian dynasty as a token of gratitude to the Roman people. In the colosseum, gladiator battles are the more violent forms of Greek entertainment since it pertains to nothing but the bloodshed of other people. Many would see the violence that goes on in the colosseum as a horrific form of entertainment, but there is another story behind this. "The Greek Culture accepts death as another form of love and compassion". (Vermeule) In other words, the people of Greece see these deaths as a way of going to the afterlife in a memorable