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Language: en
Pages: 330
Pages: 330
Type: BOOK - Published: 2008-04-15 - Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
This Blackwell Guide introduces ancient Greek drama, which flourished principally in Athens from the sixth century BC to the third century BC. A broad-ranging a
Language: en
Pages: 247
Pages: 247
Type: BOOK - Published: 2018-11-23 - Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Aristophanes was clearly anxious about the role of the sophists and the “new” education in Athens. After the perceived failure of Clouds in 423 and its subs
Language: en
Pages: 320
Pages: 320
Type: BOOK - Published: 2001 - Publisher: Oxford Readings in Classical S
This book documents the origins of modern comedy by examining the evolution of "New Comedy," the Greek genre of which the works of Menander are the only survivi
Language: en
Pages: 264
Pages: 264
Type: BOOK - Published: 2020-01-20 - Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
The purpose of this book is to examine the variety, the mechanisms, and the poetological intention of the effect of surprise in Aristophanic comedy, addressing