Select Fragments of Greek Comedy S. Douglas Olson. OXFORD Broken Laughter Select Fragments of Greek Comedy Edited by S. Douglas Olson BROKEN LAUGHTER. Front Cover.
Author: S. Douglas Olson
Publisher: OUP Oxford
ISBN: 9780191569449
Category: Literary Collections
Page: 496
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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 complete translation of the fragments. Individual sections illustrate the earliest Greek comedy from Syracuse; the characteristic features of Athenian `Old', `Middle', and `New Comedy'; the comic presentation of politicians, philosophers, and women; the comic reception of other poetry; and many aspects of daily life, including dining and symposia.