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Menander: Samia (Aris & Phillips Classical Texts) - Softcover

Bain, David M.

 
9780856682254: Menander: Samia (Aris & Phillips Classical Texts)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 085668225X ISBN 13: 9780856682254
Publisher: Liverpool University Press, 1983

Synopsis

Text with facing translation, commentary and notes.

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Synopsis

With the discovery in Egypt of papyrus books we now know much more about Greek 'New Comedy' and the plays of its greatest exponent, Menander, but his second best preserved play, Samia, is not yet generally known. In this new edition the text takes account of all recent scholarly work, with the facing translation as an aid to interpretation. The commentary elucidates the text, explaining the themes and conventions of New Comedy, and emphasizing the text's dramatic nature. The Samia is among the ancestors of modern comedy, whose traditions are derived from Menander and the Greek plays adapted by Plautus and Terence for Roman audiences.

About the Author

Stanley Ireland is Lecturer in Classics at the University of Warwick. He has written on such diverse topics as Menander, Aeschylus, Roman Britain, Homer and Apollodorus. He is the editor of Terence's The Mother-in-Law in this series.

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Publisher
Liverpool University Press
Publication date
1983
Language
Greek, Ancient (to 1453)
ISBN 10 
085668225X
ISBN 13 
9780856682254
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
160