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

Contributor(s): Rusten, Jeffrey (Editor), Henderson, Jeffrey (Translator), Konstan, David (Translator), Rosen, Ralph (Translator), Rusten, Jeffrey (Translator), Slater, Niall W (Translator)

ISBN: 9780801894480

Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press

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Pub Date: April 21, 2011

Dewey: 882.0109

LCCN: 2009046115

Lexile Code: 0000

Features: Bibliography, Dust Cover, Illustrated, Index, Table of Contents

Target Age Group: NA to NA

Physical Info: 2.40" H x 10.00" L x 7.20" W ( 3.52 lbs) 816 pages

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Description: A full index includes not only authors, play titles, and persons mentioned, but themes from the whole Greek comic sphere (including politics, literature and philosophy, celebrities and social scandals, cookery and wine, sex, and wealth).

Brief description: David Konstan is a professor of classics at New York University.

Review Quotes: A true reference book, to be dipped into when certain facts or information are required and thoughtfully arranged in an accessible style. Scholarly and academic in both approach and scope, this is a valuable resource for anyone interested in or researching not only Ancient Greek comedy but also the history of comic plays, theatre and drama. After twenty years spent compiling the material it is a resource that will not date and one that should provide for interesting scholarly debate and research outcomes.
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