THE DYSKOLOS OF MENANDER

Handley, E. W. (Ed. )

ISBN 10: 1853991872 / ISBN 13: 9781853991875

Published by Bristol Classical Press, 1992

About this Item

Foxing to endpapers. DJ has minor chipping; Presents a new critical test, restored for continuous reading and equipped with a select apparatus criticus to show how the text has been constituted. Greek Text with English commentary.; 323 pages.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: THE DYSKOLOS OF MENANDER
• Publisher: Bristol Classical Press
• Publication Date: 1992
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1853991872
• ISBN 13: 9781853991875
• Binding: Softcover
• Condition: Near Fine
• Seller catalogs:
  • Greek Literature

About this title

Synopsis

This well established scholarly edition was first published in 1965, seven years after publication of the papyrus containing the text. It includes introductory essays on scenery, staging, setting, actors and their roles, costumes and masks. The Greek text is accompanied by an apparatus and a full commentary.

About the Author

Menander (343-292 BC) was a Greek exponent of the New Comedy, and influenced the Roman writers Plautus and Terence, to Molière, Congreve, Wilde, and other writers of the Comedy of Manners.