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Menander, The Plays and Fragments (Oxford World's Classics)
Menander
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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 stock motifs and characters can be traced back to him. The greatest writer of Greek New Comedy, Menander (c.341-290 BC) wrote over one hundred plays but until the twentieth century he was known to us only by short quotations in ancient authors. Since 1907 papyri found in the sand of Egypt have brought to light more and more fragments, many substantial, and in 1958 the papyrus text of a complete play was published, The Bad-Tempered Man (Dyskolos) . His romantic comedies deal with the lives of ordinary Athenian families, and they are the direct ancestors not only of Roman comedy but also of English comedy from the Renaissance to the present day. This new verse translation is accurate and highly readable, providing a consecutive text with supplements based on the dramatic situation and surviving words in the damaged papyri.
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The Root of All Happy-Ending Art.......2001-03-05
Whip through a couple of these short plays and fragments by the father of Greek New Comedy, and you'll see just how much our more modern formats are indebted to him: the American sit-com, the romantic comedy, etc. Menander manages much less simplistic resolution at the end of his plays, though, and it's too bad that this trend hasn't endured as well as the penchant for the "happily ever after" that we face at the close of every Julia Roberts movie.
The plays themselves are marvelous. In "Old Cantankerous," the grumpy title character stands in the way of a love between two of the play's characters, until the plot sends him down a well. His rescuer is, of course, the man who wants the old curmudgeon's daughter's hand in marriage, and they make up and all's well. "The Girl from Samos" is funnier, with a baby mix-up that leads first to the normal questions of the father's identity, but then to far less normal questions about the mother's identity.
Miller's introduction is exceptional, and I was especially appreciative of it, since I am not a classicist. She provides enough background to initiate even the casual reader, and in a manner that is both humorous and accessible. She explains what can be explained and accounted for, and freely admits to what is pure conjecture; since Menander's plays survive only in fragments, and since we don't know all of the concrete facts of his life, Miller's candor is welcome and helpful.
The only thing I found off-putting was the translation. It is not only VERY contemporary, but VERY British. While I can understand the urge to place things in a more familiar setting--an easy way to remind people that great drama is always timely--some of the dialogue sounds lifted from "Chariots of Fire" or even "Goodbye Mr. Chips." That is, it sounds very early twentieth century British, and I spent a lot of time while reading trying to figure out why (I'm still stumped). Phrases such as "There's a good chap," and explicit references to "Picadilly Circus" just didn't seem to mesh with plays that are Greek and a couple thousand years old.
Still, you could a lot worse than spend $12 on a fine collection and very readable rendition of some of the very foundations of comic form in Western literature.
Menander's plays and fragments.......2000-04-01
I'm a Classical Civilisations student at Leeds University in England and this book is one of many that I have to read for my course. Menander was said to be "second only to Homer" and it is clear why this statement was made in this translation by Norma Miller. This book contains all but two of the fragments found of Menander. Old Cantankerous really stands out as a superb piece of literary genius, although this isnt to say that the rest of the book isnt an equally great piece of work. This book contains fragments of Menander's work as this is all that has been found of this magnificent writers accomplishments, if you are interested in classical drama then this book is definetley worth considering.
Menander, Plays and Fragments.......2000-04-01
I'm a Classical Civilisations student at Leeds University in England and this book is one of many that I have to read for my course. Menander was said to be "second only to Homer" and it is clear why this statement was made in this translation by Norma Miller. This book contains all but two of the fragments found of the ancient writer and as such is a marvel to read for anyone interested in classical drama. Old Cantankerous really stands out as a superb piece of literary work and could take pride of place on anyone's book shelf. Although some of his plays are fragmentary and are therefore not always complete, Menander's writing style is both gripping and humerous and keeps the reader enthrawled throughout their classical experience.
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Menander: Heros, Theophoroumene, Karchedonios, Kitharistes, Kolax, Koneiazomenai, Leukadia, Misoumenos, Perikeiromene, Perinthia (Loeb Classical Library No. 459)
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Spectacular new finds, many of them in Egypt at Oxyrhynchus, have dramatically expanded the extant work of Menander since Allinson's one volume Loeb edition was published in 1921. This new Loeb Menander is three times the size of the Allinson volume. W. G. Arnott, internationally recognized Menander expert, brings us all of the work of the great Hellenistic comic playwright that is now available. A Greek text based on careful study of the discovered papyri faces a skillful translation that fits today's tastes, with full explanatory notes.
Volume II contains the surviving portions of ten Menander plays. Among these are the recently published fragments of Misoumenos ("The Man She Hated"), which sympathetically presents the flawed relationship of a soldier and a captive girl; and the surviving half of Perikeiromene ("The Girl with Her Hair Cut Short"), a comedy of mistaken identity and lovers' quarrel.
So influential in antiquity--his plays were adapted for the Roman stage by Plautus and Terence--Menander's comic art can at last be fully known and enjoyed again. It is a comedy that focuses on the hazards of love and trials of family life--as is typical of New Comedy, a style of which Menander is the leading writer.</p>
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fabula incerta.......1999-02-16
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This scarce antiquarian book is included in our special Legacy Reprint Series. In the interest of creating a more extensive selection of rare historical book reprints, we have chosen to reproduce this title even though it may possibly have occasional imperfections such as missing and blurred pages, missing text, poor pictures, markings, dark backgrounds and other reproduction issues beyond our control. Because this work is culturally important, we have made it available as a part of our commitment to protecting, preserving and promoting the world's literature.
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The Girl from Samos or the In-Laws
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The Ethical Religion of Zoroaster
Miles Menander Dawson
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1931. An account of what Zoroaster taught, as perhaps the very oldest and surely the most accurate code of ethics for man, accompanied by the essentials of his religion. Contents: The Mission of Zoroaster; God; The Holy Spirits; Worship of the Sun, Fire, Ata, Mithra and Others; Ahriman and the Evil Spirits; Creation of the World and Primitive Ages; A Religious Place for Singing Gathas; The Spell of Virtue; Wisdom and Trust; The Liar is the Direst Enemy; Evil is Delusion; To Do Good against to Do Ill; The Good Mind and the Right Furnish the Formation for Ethics; The Principles of the Right Control; The Right is the Will of God; Rights of Fellow Men; Rights of Ordinary Men; Rights of Infidel Foes; Rights of the Married; Rights of the Sexes; Rights of the Land; Rights of the Herd; Rights of the Dog; Man's Rights in Eating and Drinking; Earthly Rewards and Punishments; Renunciation, Auricular Confession, Penance and Absolution; Departure from this World; Disposal of the Dead Body; The Soul Immediately After Death; The Sifting Bridge for Souls; Heaven, Hell, Purgatory and the Way Out; Resurrection and the Last Judgment; and The Spiritual Universe, Now and Ever.
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Menander: The Bad-Tempered Man (Aris & Phillips Classical Texts)
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New Comedy (Ekklesiazousai/Wealth/the Malcontent/the Woman from Samos/4 Plays in 1 Volume)
Aristophanes , and Menander
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