Foreword by Dover Kenneth (1 results)

First edition. Publisher's original burgundy cloth with gilt titles to the spine, in dustwrapper. With a black and white frontispiece, eleven black and white illustrations, and six black and white line drawings by Myfanwy Tristram. A better than very good copy, the binding square and firm, a touch of fading to the tail of the spine, and with a little rubbing to the spine tips and extremities. The contents, with a square label pasted to the rear pastedown, are otherwise clean throughout, and without inscriptions or stamps. Complete with the mildly rubbed and creased dustwrapper, which is lightly toned to the flap edges. 'The work of the 'other' comic poets of classical Athens, those who competed with, and in some cases defeated, their (eventually) better-known fellow comedian, Aristophanes, has almost eluded the historical record. The poetry of Cratinus, Phrynichos, Eupolis and the rest has survived only in tantalising, often tiny, fragments and citations. Modern studies in this field have themselves often been difficult of access. Here an exceptional cast of scholars, authorities, provides a set of 28 interpretative essays to cover every one of these 'other' poets of Athenian Old Comedy for whom significant evidence survives. The work includes a comprehensive bibliography, and is a landmark in the study of Old Comedy' (publisher's blurb). Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. All items are catalogued by humans. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers.…