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The Birth of Comedy: Texts, Documents, and Art from Athenian Comic Competitions, 486-280

By Jeffrey Rusten (Editor), Jeffrey Henderson (Translator), David Konstan (Translator), Ralph Rosen (Translator), Jeffrey Rusten (Translator), Niall W. Slater (Translator)
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By Jeffrey Rusten (Editor), Jeffrey Henderson (Translator), David Konstan (Translator), Ralph Rosen (Translator), Jeffrey Rusten (Translator), Niall W. Slater (Translator)
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A comprehensive look at all aspects of classical Greek comedy.

Aside from the well—known plays of Aristophanes, many of the comedies of ancient Greece are known only through fragments and references written in Greek. Now a group of distinguished scholars brings these nearly lost works to modern readers with lively English translations of the surviving texts.

The Birth of Comedy brings together a wealth of information on the first three generations of Western comedy. The translations, present...

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LiteratureLiterary CriticismDrama - Literary CriticismAncient & Medieval LiteratureAncient Greek Drama - Literary Criticism