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Playwrights - Ancient Writers of Tragedy and Comedy

The major playwrights if Ancient Greece and Rome.
Diphilus
Diphilus was a Hellenistic Greek who wrote new comedy.
Menander
A Greek writer of new comedy little of whose work has survived. New comedy is an early version of the sitcom.
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