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New Comedy
Menander
Six Classical Greek Comedies
by Euripides
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Why we like it
"'Six Classical Greek Comedies' by Euripides presents timeless tales of love and humor that resonate through the ages with their clever plots and memorable characters."
From: Romantic Comedies for the StageSynopsis
The comedies of the Athenian theatre not only lie at the root of Western drama, they also offer a unique insight into everyday life in ancient Greece.
This selection of six wide-ranging plays includes the comic fantasies of Aristophanes, which combine the ridiculous with serious satirical comment (Birds, Frogs, Women in Power); Menander's The Woman from Samos, a recognisable forebear of today's situation comedy; Euripides' ribald satyr play, Cyclops, the only surviving example of the genre, and his Alkestis, a complex romance which gave a new face to comedy.
Publication
Publisher Methuen
Year 2002
Binding Paperback
Pages 378
Place London
Language English
ISBN-13 9780413771308
ISBN-10 041377130X
LCCN 2003386758
LCC PA3629.S59 2002
DCC 882.0108
Six Classical Greek Comedies is a Greek & Roman play written by Euripides and published by Methuen in London (2002).
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