EUBULUS: The Fragments

(Eubulus) Hunter, R.L. (editor)

ISBN 10: 0521244366 / ISBN 13: 9780521244367

Published by Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1983

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Hardcover. Cambridge Classical Texts and Commentaries 24. Octavo. 260pp. Incl. index. The fragments are in Greek with extensive introduction and commentary. "This is the first modern edition in any language of the fragments of any poet of the so-called Middle Comedy" Light spotting to top edge, otherwise fine in dust jacket that has faded spine and band of fading on front. Eubulus was an Athenian Middle Comedy poet, victorious six times at the annual Athenian festival, Lenaia, in late 370 or 360 BC.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: EUBULUS: The Fragments
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press, Cambridge
• Publication Date: 1983
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0521244366
• ISBN 13: 9780521244367
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Near fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Good
• Seller catalogs:
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Synopsis

Dr Hunter presents here a critical edition, with Introduction and explanatory commentary, of the fragments of Eubulus, a comic poet of the fourth century B.C. This is the first modern edition in any language of the fragments of any poet of the so-called Middle Comedy (that is, the comedy of the central part of the fourth century). The introduction discusses not only Eubulus' life and work, but also the genre of Middle Comedy as a whole and the commentary is particularly concerned with tracing in the fragments themes which are found also in both the earlier comedy of Aristophanes and the later works of Menander, Plautus and Terence. This book will be of value to those interested in ancient comedy and its development during the Hellenistic period.

Book Description

This is the first modern critical edition in any language of the fragments of Euculus, a comic poet of the fourth century B. C., a period known as the Middle Comedy. The introduction discusses Eubulus' life and work while the commentary traces themes in the fragments which are found both in the earlier and later works.