Broken Laughter: Select Fragments of Greek Comedy

S. Douglas Olson (Curatore)

Oxford University Press, 2007

A collection of over 200 of the most interesting and important fragments of Greek comedy, accompanied by a commentary; an extensive introduction discussing the history of comic genre; a series of appendixes on the individual poets, the inscriptional evidence, and the like; and a complete translation of the fragments. Individual sections illustrate the earliest Greek comedy from Syracuse; the characteristic features of Athenian `Old', `Middle', and `New Comedy'; the comic presentation of politicians, philosophers, and women; the comic reception of other poetry; and many aspects of daily life, including dining and symposia.

• Curatore: S. Douglas Olson
• Editore: Oxford University Press
• Anno: 2007
• Rilegatura: Hardback
• Pagine: 496 p.
• Dimensioni: 240 x 161 mm
• Peso: 875 gr.
• EAN: 9780199287857

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