Plays and Fragments [Audiobook] download free by Menander
- Listen audiobook: Plays and Fragments
- Author: Menander
- Release date: 1988/3/6
- Publisher: PENGUIN BOOKS LTD
- Language: English
- Genre or Collection: Poetry and Drama
- ISBN: 9780140445015
- Rating: 9.07 of 10
- Votes: 306
- Review by: Cooper Marin
- Review rating: 7.62 of 10
- Review Date: 2018/9/27
- Duration: 3H20M26S in 256 kbps (54.4 MB)
- Date of creation of the audiobook: 2018-07-16
- You can listen to this audiobook in formats: OPUS, WAV, OGG, WMA, MP3, MP4, FLAC, MPEG4 (compression CBR, ZIP, GZ, RAR)
- Total pages original book: 272
- Includes a PDF summary of 26 pages
- Duration of the summary (audio): 17M41S (5.2 MB)
- Description or summary of the audiobook: Menander (c. 341-291 BC) was the foremost innovator of Greek New Comedy, a dramatic style that moved away from the fantastical to focus upon the problems of ordinary Athenians. This collection contains the full text of 'Old Cantankerous' (Dyskolos), the only surviving complete example of New Comedy, as well as fragments from works including 'The Girl from Samos' and 'The Rape of the Locks', all of which are concerned with domestic catastrophes, the hazards of love and the trials of family life. Written in a poetic style regarded by the ancients as second only to Homer, these polished works - profoundly influential upon both Roman playwrights such as Plautus and Terence, and the wider Western tradition - may be regarded as the first true comedies of manners.
- Other categories, genre or collection: Classical History / Classical Civilisation, Plays, Playscripts, Funny Books & Stories
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- Format: Paperback
- Approximate value: 15.25 USD
- Dimensions: 130x200x16mm
- Weight: 204g
- Printed by: PENGUIN CLASSICS
- Published in: London, United Kingdom
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