Didymus Alexandrinus : the fragments of the commentaries on comedy / by Federica Benuzzi.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Didymus, Chalcenterus, author.

Contributor:

Benuzzi, Federica, editor, translator, writer of added commentary.

Series:

Supplementum grammaticum graecum ; 8.

Supplementum grammaticum graecum, 2589-1693 ; volume 8

Language:

English

Greek, Ancient (to 1453)

Subjects (All):

Greek drama (Comedy)--History and criticism--Early works to 1800.

Greek drama (Comedy).

Physical Description:

ix, 375 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2023]

Language Note:

Introduction in English; Ancient Greek text with English translation and commentary.

Summary:

"Didymus of Alexandria (also known as Chalcenterus, 'bronze-guts', for his outstanding ability to 'digest' and rework the scholarship of his predecessors) played a pivotal role in the understanding and reception of many classical Greek authors, both in antiquity and in modern times. His commentaries on the comic playwrights influenced ancient and modern scholarship alike and constitute to this day an invaluable repository of information for the study of ancient Greek comedy, the history of Hellenistic philology, and more. This is the first critical edition (with English translation and commentary) of all the extant fragments of Didymus' commentaries on the comic playwrights"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction

Commentary on Aristophanes' Acharnians

Commentary on Aristophanes' Clouds

Commentary on Aristophanes' Wasps

Commentary on Aristophanes' Peace

Commentary on Aristophanes' Birds

Commentary on Aristophanes' Lysistrata

Commentary on Aristophanes' Women at Thesmophoria

Commentary on Aristophanes' Frogs

Commentary on Aristophanes' Wealth

Commentary on Aristophanes' Old Age

Commentary on Aristophanes' lost comedy

Commentaries on Menander

Commentary on Phrynicus' Cronus.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 320-347) and index.

ISBN:

9789004684577

9004684573

OCLC:

1407283872