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

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910818473503321
• Autore: Olson S. Douglas
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Oxford, [England] : , : Oxford University Press, , 2007; ©2007
• ISBN: 0-19-186448-X; 0-19-156944-5; 1-4294-9185-X
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (495 pages)
• Collana: Oxford Scholarly Editions Online Greek Comedy
• Disciplina: 882/.01
• Soggetti: Greek drama (Comedy); Quotations, Greek; Greek drama (Comedy) - History and criticism
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Includes index.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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.
• Sommario/riassunto: 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