Broken Laughter: Select Fragments of Greek Comedy

A collection of over 200 of the most interesting and important fragments of Greek comedy, accompanied by a commentary; an extensive introduction discussing the history of comic genre; a series of appendixes on the individual poets, the inscriptional evidence, and the like; and a complete translation of the fragments. Individual sections illustrate the earliest Greek comedy from Syracuse; the characteristic features of Athenian Old', Middle', and New Comedy'; the comic presentation of politicians, philosophers, and women; the comic reception of other poetry; and many aspects of daily life, including dining and symposia.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199287856
• ISBN13: 9780199287857
• Release Date: July 2007
• Publisher: OUP Oxford
• Length: 496 Pages
• Weight: 1.93 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.5" x 9.4"