Plays and Fragments
by
Menander
Book Details
Format
Paperback / Softback
ISBN-10
0140445013
ISBN-13
9780140445015
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Imprint
Penguin Classics
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Sep 24th, 1987
Print length
272 Pages
Weight
208 grams
Dimensions
19.70 x 12.80 x 1.70 cms
Product Classification:
Plays, playscripts
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Describes the background of Menander's plays, and provides notes along with new translations of more than fifteen of his plays.
Menander (c. 341-291 BC) was the foremost innovator of Greek New Comedy, a dramatic style that moved away from the fantastical to focus upon the problems of ordinary Athenians. This collection contains the full text of ''Old Cantankerous'' (Dyskolos), the only surviving complete example of New Comedy, as well as fragments from works including ''The Girl from Samos'' and ''The Rape of the Locks'', all of which are concerned with domestic catastrophes, the hazards of love and the trials of family life. Written in a poetic style regarded by the ancients as second only to Homer, these polished works - profoundly influential upon both Roman playwrights such as Plautus and Terence, and the wider Western tradition - may be regarded as the first true comedies of manners.
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