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Menander, Norma Miller, Norma Miller , Norma Miller

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Penguin Classics
29 July 2004

Literature, Poetry & Criticism; Plays & playscripts

A collection of the plays of one of the great Greek playrights

Menander (c. 341-291 BC) was the foremost innovator of Greek New Comedy, a dramatic style that moved away from the fantastical to focus upon the problems of ordinary Athenians. This collection contains the full text of 'Old Cantankerous' (Dyskolos), the only surviving complete example of New Comedy, as well as fragments from works including 'The Girl from Samos' and 'The Rape of the Locks', all of which are concerned with domestic catastrophes, the hazards of love and the trials of family life. Written in a poetic style regarded by the ancients as second only to Homer, these polished works - profoundly influential upon both Roman playwrights such as Plautus and Terence, and the wider Western tradition - may be regarded as the first true comedies of manners.

By: Menander
Introduction by: Norma Miller, Norma Miller
Translated by: Norma Miller
Imprint: Penguin Classics
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 200mm, Width: 130mm, Spine: 16mm
Weight: 204g
ISBN: 9780140445015
ISBN 10: 0140445013
Pages: 272
Publication Date: 29 July 2004
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Plays and FragmentsPreface Introduction Further Reading Old Cantankerous The Girl from Samos The Arbitration The Rape of the Locks The Shield The Sikyonian The Man She Hated The Double Deceiver and The Two Bacchises by Plautus The Farmer The Toady The Harpist The Hero The Phantom The Girl Possessed The Girl from Perinthos Title Unknown Some Longer Fragments Some Fragments Doubtfully Attributed to Menander Notes

Menander (341-290bc) was teh most distinguished author of Greek New Comedy. An Athenian of good family, he wrote over a hundred plays although only one survives intact today. Norma Miller was educated at the universities of Glasgow and Cambridge and spent her life as a teacher of Greek and Latin languages and literature at the Royal Holloway College. SHe is now Reader Emeritus of the University of London.

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Menander, Norma Miller, Norma Miller , Norma Miller

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