Onomastì komodèin

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Onomastì komodèin was an expression used in the Ancient Greece, to denote a witty attack made with total freedom, against the most notable individuals, to expose their wrongful conduct.

An opinion which originated in the Peripatetic school, is that Onomastì komodèin was the fundamental characterizing aspect of the ancient greek comedy of the first period ( known as archàia ).^[1]

[edit] See also

• Satire

[edit] References

• Horace (35 BCE) Sermonum liber primus, Sermo IV "Eupolis atque Cratinus" vv. 1-5
• LaFleur, R.A., Horace and Onomasti Komodein: The Law of Satire II.31.3 (1981) 1790-1826
• Mastromarco, Giuseppe (1994) Introduzione a Aristofane (Sesta edizione: Roma-Bari 2004). ISBN 8842044482