In the theatre of ancient Greece, the () was one of three stock characters in comedy, corresponding to the English buffoon.Carlson (1993, 23) and Janko (1987, 45, 170). The is marked by his wit, his crudity of language, and his frequent non-illusory audience address.
In modern Greek, the word refers to a foul-mouthed person.
See also Alazôn Eirôn
References
Sources Carlson, Marvin. 1993. Theories of the Theatre: A Historical and Critical Survey from the Greeks to the Present. Expanded ed. Ithaca and London: Cornell University Press. Frye, Northrop. 1957. Anatomy of Criticism: Four Essays. London: Penguin, 1990. Janko, Richard, trans. 1987. Poetics with Tractatus Coislinianus, Reconstruction of Poetics II and the Fragments of the On Poets. By Aristotle. Cambridge: Hackett.