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Polypragmosyne

Book Chapter

Date:

2018

Publishing House and Editing Place:

John Wiley & Sons

Book:

Encyclopedia of Greek Comedy
John Wiley & Sons

ISBN:

978-1118605042

Summary *

*Polypragmosyne* is an abstract noun indicating meddlesomeness, an active interference in other people´s business (therefore in politics) and/or an attitude of interventionist hyperactivism often associated with litigiousness Old Comedy heavily criticizes the *polypragmosyne* represented by demagogues who misuse institutions for their own personal gain. Information provided by the agent in SIGEVA

Key Words

LitigiousnessAthenian LawPoliticsOld Comedy