The Cambridge companion to Greek Comedy / edited by Martin Revermann. [electronic resource]
The Cambridge companion to Greek Comedy / edited by Martin Revermann. [electronic resource]
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Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2014.
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English
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1 online resource (xvii, 498 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).
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text
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computer
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online resource
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Machine generated contents note: Introduction Martin Revermann; Part I. Setting the Stage (in Athens and Beyond): 1. Defining the genre David Konstan; 2. The rivals of Aristophanes and Menander ZACHARY P. BILES; 3. Fourth-century comedy before Menander KEITH SIDWELL; 4. Epicharmus and early Sicilian...
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Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2014.
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England
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2014.
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Greek comedy flourished in the fifth and fourth centuries BC, both in and beyond Athens. Aristophanes and Menander are the best-known writers whose work is in part extant, but many other dramatists are known from surviving fragments of their plays. This sophisticated but accessible introduction explores the genre as a whole, integrating literary qu...
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The Cambridge companion to Greek Comedy / edited by Martin Revermann. [electronic resource]
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Cambridge companions online.
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Cambridge companions to literature
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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1-139-01535-4
1-139-98459-4
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882/.0109
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991023962540802626