Plays and Fragments (Penguin Classics)
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Plays and Fragments (Penguin Classics)
Paperback – February 2, 1988
by Menander (Author), Norma Miller (Translator, Introduction)
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Menander (c. 341-291 BC) was the foremost innovator of Greek New Comedy, a dramatic style that moved away from the fantastical to focus upon the problems of ordinary Athenians. This collection contains the full text of 'Old Cantankerous' (Dyskolos), the only surviving complete example of New Comedy, as well as fragments from works including 'The Girl from Samos' and 'The Rape of the Locks', all of which are concerned with domestic catastrophes, the hazards of love and the trials of family life. Written in a poetic style regarded by the ancients as second only to Homer, these polished works - profoundly influential upon both Roman playwrights such as Plautus and Terence, and the wider Western tradition - may be regarded as the first true comedies of manners.
Language Notes
Text: English (translation)
Original Language: Greek
About the Author
Menander (341-290bc) was teh most distinguished author of Greek New Comedy. An Athenian of good family, he wrote over a hundred plays although only one survives intact today. Norma Miller was educated at the universities of Glasgow and Cambridge and spent her life as a teacher of Greek and Latin languages and literature at the Royal Holloway College. SHe is now Reader Emeritus of the University of London.
Product details
Series: Penguin Classics
Paperback: 265 pages
Publisher: Penguin Classics; Reissue edition (February 2, 1988)
Language: English
ISBN-13: 978-0140445015
Product Dimensions: 5.2 x 0.6 x 7.8 inches
Shipping Weight: 7 ounces
Paperback – February 2, 1988
by Menander (Author), Norma Miller (Translator, Introduction)
--Book Condition: USED/RARE in Acceptable Condition. Medium wear. Beige Brown pages clean no writings.--
Menander (c. 341-291 BC) was the foremost innovator of Greek New Comedy, a dramatic style that moved away from the fantastical to focus upon the problems of ordinary Athenians. This collection contains the full text of 'Old Cantankerous' (Dyskolos), the only surviving complete example of New Comedy, as well as fragments from works including 'The Girl from Samos' and 'The Rape of the Locks', all of which are concerned with domestic catastrophes, the hazards of love and the trials of family life. Written in a poetic style regarded by the ancients as second only to Homer, these polished works - profoundly influential upon both Roman playwrights such as Plautus and Terence, and the wider Western tradition - may be regarded as the first true comedies of manners.
Language Notes
Text: English (translation)
Original Language: Greek
About the Author
Menander (341-290bc) was teh most distinguished author of Greek New Comedy. An Athenian of good family, he wrote over a hundred plays although only one survives intact today. Norma Miller was educated at the universities of Glasgow and Cambridge and spent her life as a teacher of Greek and Latin languages and literature at the Royal Holloway College. SHe is now Reader Emeritus of the University of London.
Product details
Series: Penguin Classics
Paperback: 265 pages
Publisher: Penguin Classics; Reissue edition (February 2, 1988)
Language: English
ISBN-13: 978-0140445015
Product Dimensions: 5.2 x 0.6 x 7.8 inches
Shipping Weight: 7 ounces