Comic Mask

Comic Mask

 from Gandhar. 1st Century  BCE. 

             The Greeks  brought their culture with them. To the Greeks theater was an important  source of entertainment.  The Greeks, in fact, were the first one to write tragedies and comodies. This is a comic mask which would have been worn by a male actor for comic relief. One wonders if the comodies of Aristophenes were enacted in Bactria, the Greek kingdom in Afghanistan whose capital was Gandhar?