Fragments of Old Comedy. Volume 3 - The Loeb Classical Library

The era of Old Comedy (c. 485 - c. 380 BCE), when theatrical comedy was created and established, is best known through the extant plays of Aristophanes, but there were many other poets whose comedies survive only in fragments. This new Loeb edition, the most extensive selection of the fragments available in English, presents the work of fifty-six poets, including Cratinus and Eupolis, the other members (along with Aristophanes) of the canonical Old Comic triad. For each poet and play there is an introduction, brief notes, and select bibliography. Also included is a selection of ancient testimonia to Old Comedy, nearly one hundred unattributed fragments (both book and papyri), and descriptions of twenty-five vase-paintings illustrating Old Comic scenes. The texts are based on the monumental edition of Kassel and Austin, updated to reflect the latest scholarship.

ISBN:	9780674996779
Publisher:	Harvard
Imprint:	Harvard University Press
Published date:	30 Jul 2011
DEWEY:	882.0108
DEWEY edition:	22
Language:	English
Number of pages:	320
Weight:	346g
Height:	168mm
Width:	120mm
Spine width:	27mm

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