The comedies of the Athenian dramatist Menander (c. 342-291 BC) and his contemporaries were the ultimate source of a Wes
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The comic playwright Menander was one of the most popular writers throughout antiquity. This book reconstructs his life
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Epitrepontes, or 'The Arbitration', which Menander produced around 300 BC, tackles the modern-sounding subject
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Taking a fresh look at mistaken identity in the work of an author who helped to introduce the device to comedy, Professo
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Matthew Wright brings Menander’s Samia to life by explaining how it achieves its comic effects and how it fits within th
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This book introduces readers who may have no previous knowledge of Menander’s comedies to Epitrepontes (The Arbitration)
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