The Birth of Comedy Texts, Documents, and Art from Athenian Comic Competitions, 486-280 |
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Editor:
| Rusten, Jeffrey |
Translator:
| Rusten, Jeffrey Henderson, Jeffrey Konstan, David Rosen, Ralph Slater, Niall W. |
ISBN: | 978-0-8018-9448-0 |
Publication Date: | May 2011 |
Publisher: | Johns Hopkins University Press
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Book Format: | Hardback |
List Price: | USD $117.00 |
Book Description:
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Aside from the well--known plays of Aristophanes, many of the comedies of Ancient Greece are known only through fragments and references written in Greek. Now a group of distinguished scholars brings these nearly lost works to modern readers with lively English translations of the surviving texts. The Birth of Comedy brings together a wealth of ......
Aside from the well--known plays of Aristophanes, many of the comedies of Ancient Greece are known only through fragments and references written in Greek. Now a group of distinguished scholars brings these nearly lost works to modern readers with lively English translations of the surviving texts. The Birth of Comedy brings together a wealth of ......