Fine 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall Very Good Cloth First Thus Though in later antiquity the social comedies of Menander ranked second in popularity only to Homer, his plays were for centuries thought to be irretrievably lost. Only in this century have instances begun to re-emerge from the sands of Egypt, and it was not until 1958 that a complete play, Dyskolos or The Bad-Tempered Man, came to light. With this we can now gauge in full the skill that Menander brought to his works, even in the early phase of his career. In preparing this edition, the author aims 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

Rencensuit F.H.Sandbach. Cover slightly scuffed through use,.Hardback,Ex-Library,with usual stamps markings, ,in good all-round condition,no dust jacket,340pages. 550g ISBN:

Recensuit H. Lloyd-Jones..Hardback,Ex-Library,with usual stamps markings, ,in good all-round condition,no dust jacket,84pages. 200g ISBN:

Tome I. Texte etabli et traduit par Jean Marie Jacques..Softback,Ex-Library,with usual stamps markings, ,in good all-round condition, ,0pages. 300g ISBN:

Critical Edition by Jean Bingen. Textux Minores Volume XXVI..Pamphlet,Ex-Library,with usual stamps markings, ,in fair to good all-round condition, ,52pages. 300g ISBN:

Paperback, G. 247pp, text unmarked, covers rubbed, a good copy. ~ 1st edition. ~ Two Greek playwrights works - Theophrastus whos unique book The Character was a series of portraits of typs such as the boor, the slanderer etc. His Pupil Menander, of who work little survives can be said to be the father of modern formal comedy.