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Aristophanes and Menander: Three Comedies: Peace, Money, the God, and Samia
Paperback / softback
Main Details
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Aristophanes and Menander: Three Comedies: Peace, Money, the God, and Samia
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Authors and Contributors |
Translated by Douglass Parker
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Edited by Timothy J. Moore
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Physical Properties |
Format:Paperback / softback | Pages:256 |
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Category/Genre | Plays, playscripts Literary studies - classical, early and medieval |
ISBN/Barcode |
9781624661853
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Classifications | Dewey:882.01 |
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Publishing Details |
Publisher |
Hackett Publishing Co, Inc
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Imprint |
Hackett Publishing Co, Inc
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Publication Date |
1 December 2014 |
Publication Country |
United States
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Description
Three Comedies features the work of three dramatic geniuses of the glorious, no-holds-barred tradition of ancient Athenian comedy. Here Aristophanes, the eight-hundred-pound gorilla of Old and Middle Comedy meets Menander, elephant in the room of New Comedy, in a match made possible by Douglass Parker - if not Athenian exactly, or even ancient, possibly the maddest chameleon ever to absorb the true colors of an ancient choral song, transpose a lost pun, or channel a venerable, giant, dung-eating cockroach for the benefit of those who couldn't be there the first time.
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