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The Plays and Fragments
by Peter Brown
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The greatest writer of Greek New Comedy and the founding father of European comedy, Menander (c.341-290 BC) wrote over one hundred plays, of which only one complete play and substantial fragments of others survive. Until the twentieth century he was known to us only by short quotations in ancient authors. Since 1907 papyri found in the sand of Egypt have brought to light more and more fragments and in 1958 the papyrus text of a complete play was published, The Bad-Tempered Man (Dyskolos). His romantic comedies deal with the lives of ordinary Athenian families. This new verse translation is accurate and highly readable, providing a consecutive text by using surviving words in the damaged papyri.
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- Oxford University Press, Brand
- Jul 1, 2008 Pub Date:
- 019954073X ISBN-10:
- 9780199540730 ISBN-13:
- 312 Pages
- 7.7 in * 5.14 in * 0.91 in Dimensions:
- 1 lb Weight:
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