The plays and fragments / Menander ; translated with notes by Maurice Balme ; with an introduction by Peter Brown.

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MENANDER, of Athens

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Material type: Text

TextSeries: Oxford world's classicsPublication details: Oxford, Dar es Salaam : Oxford University Press, 2002.Description: xxxiv, 312p. ; 19cmISBN:

0192839837

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DDC classification:

22nd ed. 882.01 MEN

Summary: The greatest writer of Greek New Comedy and the founding father of European comedy, Menander (c.341-290 BC) wrote over one hundred plays, of which only one complete play and substantial fragments of others survive. This new verse translation is accurate and highly readable, providing a consecutive text by using surviving words in the damaged papyri.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Barcode
Books	CUoM Library General Stacks	Literature/Kiswahili Fasihi	882.01 MEN (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available	00003272

Includes bibliography and index

The greatest writer of Greek New Comedy and the founding father of European comedy, Menander (c.341-290 BC) wrote over one hundred plays, of which only one complete play and substantial fragments of others survive. This new verse translation is accurate and highly readable, providing a consecutive text by using surviving words in the damaged papyri.

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