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Broken Laughter: Select Fragments of Greek Comedy

By S. Douglas Olson

Book information

Year
2007
ISBN
0199287856, 9780199287857, 9781429491853
Open Library ID
OL17244876M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
2 MB (1810834 bytes)
Pages
400\495
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07

Description

A collection of over 200 of the most interesting and important fragments of Greek comedy, accompanied by a commentary; an extensive introduction discussing the history of comic genre; a series of appendixes on the individual poets, the inscriptional evidence, and the like; and a complete translation of the fragments. Individual sections illustrate the earliest Greek comedy from Syracuse; the characteristic features of Athenian `Old', `Middle', and `New Comedy'; the comic presentation of politicians, philosophers, and women; the comic reception of other poetry; and many aspects of daily life, including dining and symposia.

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