Menander Reliquiae Selectae

Menander was the greatest writer of Attic New Comedy. The plots of his plays are set in contemporary Athens and the surrounding countryside, and are concerned with the private lives of middle-class families. Menander's work is characterized by his sympathetic attitude to his characters. This text contains the extant fragments of Menander's works.

Summary

Menander was the greatest writer of Attic New Comedy. The plots of his plays are set in contemporary Athens and the surrounding countryside, and are concerned with the private lives of middle-class families. Menander's work is characterized by his sympathetic attitude to his characters. This text contains the extant fragments of Menander's works.

Product details

• Authors: Menander
• Assisted by: F. H. Sandbach (Editor)
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 12.07.1990
• EAN: 9780198147374
• ISBN: 978-0-19-814737-4
• No. of pages: 372
• Series: Oxford Classical Texts; Scriptorum Classicorum Bibliot; Scriptorum Classicorum Bibliot; Oxford Classical Texts
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Essays, feuilletons, literary criticism, interviews; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > Classical linguistics / literary studies; Texte: Antike und Mittelalter, LITERARY CRITICISM / Ancient & Classical, DRAMA / Ancient & Classical, Literature - Classics / Criticism