Menander Epitrepontes
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Author | : Alan H. Sommerstein |
Publisher | : Bloomsbury Publishing |
Total Pages | : 153 |
Release | : 2021-04-08 |
Genre | : Drama |
ISBN | : 1350023655 |
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This book introduces readers who may have no previous knowledge of Menander's comedies to Epitrepontes (The Arbitration), arguably the most exquisitely crafted of his better-preserved plays. It explains what we know about the play, how we know it, and how far we can tentatively fill in the gaps in our knowledge. Sommerstein analyses the nature of the dramatic genre (Athenian New Comedy) to which Epitrepontes belongs. He assesses the plot and the characters, every one of whom makes an essential contribution to the uplifting outcome, and the social and ethical assumptions that dramatist and audience shared. As well as looking at the influences of earlier drama and of contemporary philosophical and popular thought, he considers the afterlife of Menandrian comedy in general and of Epitrepontes in particular, both in antiquity and in modern times, but also in the long period in between, when Menander was the great dramatist whose plays were thought to have been irrevocably lost.
Author | : Menander (of Athens.) |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 74 |
Release | : 1937 |
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Author | : Menander (of Athens.) |
Publisher | : Aris & Phillips Classical Text |
Total Pages | : 279 |
Release | : 2010 |
Genre | : Drama |
ISBN | : 0856688339 |
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Though in antiquity the social comedies of Menander ranked second in popularity only to Homer, his plays were for centuries thought to be irretrievably lost. It was only in the 20th century that large sections of his work began to emerge, The Arbitration's major portion published in 1907, The Shield in 1969. With these and other finds we can now gauge in full the skill that Menander brought to his works. In preparing this edition the author has aimed to make accessible to readers some of the consummate sophistication in dramatic technique and use of language that once produced the question, `Menander and Life, which of you imitated the other?'
Author | : Menander (of Athens.) |
Publisher | : University of London Press |
Total Pages | : 310 |
Release | : 2009 |
Genre | : Literary Collections |
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Epitrrepontes, or 'The Arbitration', which Menander produced around 300 BC, tackles the modern-sounding subject of a broken marriage. Charisios has left his young wife Pamphile over a suspected infidelity and moved in with his neighbour to drown his sorrows in wine and women, specifically, a spirited harp-girl called Habrotonon. The irate father-in-law will not tolerate this waste of a good dowry and demands of his daughter that she divorce. Bravely she holds out against her father's tirades and remains loyal to her husband. A complex and masterly dramatic sequence ensures that by the end 'all's well that ends well' - and Menander has struck a blow for equality of the sexes, for understanding over arrogance and pride. A large portion of the Epitrepontes was recovered from oblivion in 1905. Since then new papyrus finds have continued to fill the gaps. This edition makes available to the reader all known papyri of the play, including the most recent. The commentary aims to explain the printed text, to place Menander's language in the context of Athenian dramatic art and rhetoric, and to appreciate his subtle insights into the psychology of his characters, from the huffy father-in-law Smikrines to the 'little people' of the comedy, the slaves, each with their private agenda.
Author | : Menander (of Athens.) |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 358 |
Release | : 1910 |
Genre | : Greece |
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Author | : James Wilfred Cohoon |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 104 |
Release | : 1915 |
Genre | : Greek drama (Comedy) |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : Stavroula Kiritsi |
Publisher | : Cambridge Scholars Publishing |
Total Pages | : 349 |
Release | : 2020-01-06 |
Genre | : Performing Arts |
ISBN | : 152754494X |
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Menander was renowned—and still is—for his naturalistic representations of character and emotion. However, times change, and our ideas of what is ‘natural’ change with them. To appreciate Menander’s art fully, we need to attune ourselves to the expectations of his time, and for this there is no better guide than Aristotle (along with his successor Theophrastus), who described and analysed notions of character and emotion in brilliant detail. This book examines the relevant observations of Aristotle, and explores two of Menander’s comedies in this light. It also discusses how these comedies, which have only been recovered in the past century, were adapted and performed on the Modern Greek stage, where tastes were different and Menander had been virtually unknown. The book’s comparison of the ancient originals and the modern versions sheds new light on both, as well as on cultural values then and now.
Author | : Alan H. Sommerstein |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 303 |
Release | : 2013-12-04 |
Genre | : Drama |
ISBN | : 1135014655 |
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The comedies of the Athenian dramatist Menander (c. 342-291 BC) and his contemporaries were the ultimate source of a Western tradition of light drama that has continued to the present day. Yet for over a millennium, Menander’s own plays were thought to have been completely lost. Thanks to a long and continuing series of papyrus discoveries, Menander has now been able to take his place among the major surviving ancient Greek dramatists alongside Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides and Aristophanes. In this book, sixteen contributors examine and explore the Menander we know today in light of the various literary, intellectual, and social contexts in which his plays can be viewed. Topics covered include: the society, culture, and politics of his generation; the intellectual currents of the period; the literary precursors who inspired Menander (or whom he expected his audiences to recall); and responses to Menander, from his own time to ours. As the first wide-ranging collective study of Menander in English, this book is essential reading for those interested in ancient comedy the world over.
Author | : Alan H. Sommerstein |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 143 |
Release | : 2021 |
Genre | : Electronic books |
ISBN | : 9781350023673 |
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Preface -- List of Illustrations -- 1. Menander the Athenian -- 2. Menander and New Comedy -- 3. What We Know About Epitrepontes , and How We Know It -- 4. What Happens in Epitrepontes -- 5. Rape, Marriage, Legitimacy, Citizenship and Child Exposure -- 6. Characters -- 7. Structural Patterns -- 8. Literary and Intellectual Background -- 9. The Next Twenty-Three Centuries -- Glossary -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
Author | : Thomas Bertram Lonsdale Webster |
Publisher | : Manchester University Press |
Total Pages | : 230 |
Release | : 1974 |
Genre | : Greek drama |
ISBN | : 9780719005909 |
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