Broken laughter : select fragments of Greek comedy / edited with introduction, commentary, and translation, S. Douglas Olson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Olson, S. Douglas, author.

Contributor:

Olson, S. Douglas, writer of supplementary textual content.

Series:

Oxford Scholarly Editions Online Greek Comedy.

Oxford Scholarly Editions Online Greek Comedy

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Greek drama (Comedy).

Quotations, Greek.

Greek drama (Comedy)--History and criticism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (495 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford, [England] : Oxford University Press, 2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

A collection of over 200 of the most interesting and important fragments of Greek comedy, accompanied by a commentary, an extensive introduction discussing the history of comic genre, a series of appendixes on the individual poets, the inscriptional evidence, etc., and a complete translation of the fragments. A collection of over 200 of the most interesting and important fragments of Greek comedy, accompanied by a commentary; an extensive introduction discussing the history of comic genre; a series of appendixes on the individual poets, the inscriptional evidence, and the like; and a comple

Contents:

Contents; Abbreviations and Bibliography; Metrical Notes; Introduction; Section A: Doric Comedy; Section B: Attic 'Old Comedy'; Section C: 'Middle' and 'New Comedy'; Section D: The Reception of Other Poetry; Section E: Politics and Politicians; Section F: Philosophy and Philosophers; Section G: Food and Dining; Section H: Wine and Symposia; Section I: Women; Section J: Aspects of Daily Life; Appendix I: Epigraphic Evidence for the Chronology of Attic Comedy; Appendix II: Conspectus Numerorum; Appendix III: The Poets; Appendix IV: Translations of the Fragments; Greek index; General index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Includes index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780191864483

019186448X

9780191569449

0191569445

9781429491853

142949185X

OCLC:

606038668