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Prologue

In Greek comedy, the initial portion of the play which sets the themes to be expounded.

The classifications into which modern scholars have divided Old Comedy are usually expressed in six elements:

  1. Prologue (setting the theme of the play),
  2. Parodos (introduction of the chorus),
  3. Agon (argumentation),
  4. Parabasis (choral ode),
  5. Episodes (resolving the Agon) and
  6. Exodos (celebratory conclusion).

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