Menander in Contexts by Alan H Sommerstein
The comedies of the Athenian dramatist Menander (c. 342-291 BC) and his contemporaries were the ultimate source of a Western tradition of light drama that has continued to the present day. Yet for over a millennium, Menander’s own plays were thought to have been completely lost. Thanks to a long and continuing series of papyrus discoveries, Menander has now been able to take his place among the major surviving ancient Greek dramatists alongside Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides and Aristophanes.
In this book, sixteen contributors examine and explore the Menander we know today in light of the various literary, intellectual, and social contexts in which his plays can be viewed. Topics covered include: the society, culture, and politics of his generation; the intellectual currents of the period; the literary precursors who inspired Menander (or whom he expected his audiences to recall); and responses to Menander, from his own time to ours. As the first wide-ranging collective study of Menander in English, this book is essential reading for those interested in ancient comedy the world over.
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Combined Arms Warfare in Ancient Greece
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Antonio Gramsci and the Ancient World
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Underworld Gods in Ancient Greek Religion
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Generic Enrichment in Plutarch’s Lives
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Bride of Hades to Bride of Christ
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Masculinity and Dress in Roman Antiquity
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The Making of Identities in Athenian Oratory
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The Representation of Slavery in the Greek Novel
- Body Behaviour and Identity Construction in Ancient Greek and Roman Literature
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Crisis and Resilience in Ancient Greek Alliances
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Female Agency and Virtue in the Odyssey
- Theologies of Fear in Early Greek Epic
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Greek Magic
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The Pharos Lighthouse In Alexandria
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Homicide in the Attic Orators
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Aeschylus and War
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Intertextuality in Seneca's Philosophical Writings
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Time and Chronology in Creation Narratives
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Poetics and Religion in Pindar
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Athens Transformed, 404-262 BC
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Displaying the Ideals of Antiquity
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Lucian and His Roman Voices
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Greek and Roman Military Manuals
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The Extramercantile Economies of Greek and Roman Cities
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Power Couples in Antiquity
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Divination and Knowledge in Greco-Roman Antiquity
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Plato's Dialectic on Woman
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Text and Intertext in Greek Epic and Drama
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A Cognitive Analysis of the Main Apolline Divinatory Practices
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Processions and the Construction of Communities in Antiquity
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Atheism at the Agora
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Married Life in Greco-Roman Antiquity
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Thornton Wilder, Classical Reception, and American Literature
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Classicising Crisis
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Resemblance and Reality in Greek Thought
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Rome and Provincial Resistance
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Late Classical and Early Hellenistic Corinth
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Athens
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Religious Dissent in the Roman Empire
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Virgil's Homeric Lens
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Apuleius and Africa
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The Roman Garden
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Life and Letters in the Ancient Greek World
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The Eunuch in Byzantine History and Society
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Actors and Audience in the Roman Courtroom
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| ISBN 13 | 9780415843713 |
| ISBN 10 | 0415843715 |
| Title | Menander in Contexts |
| Author | Alan H Sommerstein |
| Series | Routledge Monographs In Classical Studies |
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| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Routledge |
| Year published | 2013-12-13 |
| Number of pages | 286 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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