The Origin of Attic Comedy (Classic Reprint) - Hardcover

Francis Macdonald Cornford

9780266195023: The Origin of Attic Comedy (Classic Reprint)

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ISBN 10: 0266195024 ISBN 13: 9780266195023

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For the convenience of the reader who may be unable to carry in his head the plots and structure of the eleven plays, I have added a Synopsis at the end of the volume, giving a brief summary of the action, and indicating the occurrence of the ritual motives discussed in the text.

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The late F.M. Cornford was Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge from 1899 to 1943 and Laurence Professor of Ancient Philosophy at Cambridge from 1931 to 1939.

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