Menander: The Bad Tempered Man by Stanley Ireland

Menander: The Bad Tempered Man by Stanley Ireland

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Though in later antiquity the social comedies of Menander ranked second in popularity only to Homer, his plays were for centuries thought to be irretrievably lost. Only in this century have instances begun to re-emerge from the sands of Egypt, and it was not until 1958 that a complete play, Dyskolos or The Bad-Tempered Man, came to light.

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Menander: The Bad Tempered Man by Stanley Ireland

Though in later antiquity the social comedies of Menander ranked second in popularity only to Homer, his plays were for centuries thought to be irretrievably lost. Only in this century have instances begun to re-emerge from the sands of Egypt, and it was not until 1958 that a complete play, Dyskolos or The Bad-Tempered Man, came to light.
Stanley Ireland is Lecturer in Classics at Warwick University. He has written on such diverse subjects as Aeschylus, Menander, Roman Britain, Homer, Apollodorus and computing in the Classics.
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ISBN 13 9780856686115
ISBN 10 0856686115
Title Menander: The Bad Tempered Man
Author Stanley Ireland
Series Aris And Phillips Classical Texts
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Liverpool University Press
Year published 2000-01-01
Number of pages 192
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.