Cambridge Classical Texts and Commentaries |
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| Editor:
| Gow, A. S. F. |
| Contribution by:
| Diggle, James
Hopkinson, Neil
Powell, Jonathan
Reeve, Michael
Sedley, David
Tarrant, Richard |
| Author:
| Machon, |
| Series title: | Cambridge Classical Texts and Commentaries Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-521-60929-6 |
| Publication Date: | Aug 2004 |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $50.99 |
Book Description:
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All Machon's work that survives is preserved in the Deipnosophistae of Athenaeus who, besides two fragments of Comedies of no great importance, quotes also 462 verses from a collection of anecdotes which Machon called Xpeiai. These anecdotes are written in the iambic verse of Comedy.
All Machon's work that survives is preserved in the Deipnosophistae of Athenaeus who, besides two fragments of Comedies of no great importance, quotes also 462 verses from a collection of anecdotes which Machon called Xpeiai. These anecdotes are written in the iambic verse of Comedy.