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 ......