Menander

Brings together, with explanatory notes, the work of the Hellenistic comic playwright, Menander. This volume contains the surviving portions of ten pl

This volume provides a Greek text based on careful study of recently discovered papyri, a facing translation and full explanatory notes so the Menande

This well established scholarly edition was first published in 1965, seven years after publication of the papyrus containing the text. It includes int

In ancient times Menander (341-290 BC) was the most admired and the most quoted of the writers of Attic New Comedy. He wrote over a hundred plays but

For eight centuries after his death Menander was the third most popular poet in the Greek-speaking world, and his plays, through Roman imitations and

For eight centuries after his death Menander was the third most popular poet in the Greek-speaking world, and his plays, through Roman imitations and

Menander was the founding father of European comedy. From Ralph Roister Doister to What the Butler Saw, from Henry Fielding to P. G. Wodehouse, the

These plays, written after the defeat of Athens by the Spartans and the restoration of democracy, signal a change of emphasis in stage comedy more app