theatre of ancient Greece, the eirōn (Ancient Greek: εἴρων) "dissembler" was one of various stock characters in comedy. The eirōn usually succeeded by bringing...

characters in comedy of the theatre of ancient Greece. He is the opponent of the eirôn. The alazṓn is an impostor that sees himself as greater than he actually...

involving three types of characters: the buffoon (bômolochus), the ironist (eirōn), and the imposter or boaster (alazṓn). All three are central to Aristophanes'...

Ironism (n. ironist; from Greek: eiron, eironeia) is a term coined by Richard Rorty for the concept that allows rhetorical scholars to actively participate...

an alazon, the "impostor and self-deceiving braggart" in a story, or an eiron, a "self-derogatory and understating character". In American popular films...

identified him as a central portion of the Myth of Spring comedy and a type of eiron character. Besides Serpina, another female version of the tricky slave would...

factors in mass migrations to eastern Europe. The final instance came after Eiron (Aaron) of Lengnau was accused and executed for blasphemy. One of the most...

stock-character from Old Comedy (such as that of Aristophanes) known as the eiron, who dissimulates and affects less intelligence than he has—and so ultimately...

86. pp. 158–166. Skinner, M. B. (1971). "Catullus 8: The Comic Amator as Eiron". Classical Journal, 66. pp. 298–305. Swanson, R. A. (1963). "The Humor...

involving detection of stale (poorly maintained) pages have been reported by Eiron et al. A kind of semantic focused crawler, making use of the idea of reinforcement...