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- The Cambridge Companion to Greek Comedy
- Series page
- The Cambridge Companion to Greek Comedy
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Illustrations
- Contributors
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- Part I Setting the stage (in Athens and beyond)
- 1 Defining the genre
- 2 The rivals of Aristophanes and Menander
- 3 Fourth-century comedy before Menander
- 4 Epicharmus and early Sicilian comedy
- 5 Theiconography of comedy
- Part II Comic theatre
- Part III Central themes
- Part IV Politics, law and social history
- Part V Reception
- Bibliography
- Index
1 - Defining the genre
from Part I - Setting the stage (in Athens and beyond)
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 June 2014
- The Cambridge Companion to Greek Comedy
- Series page
- The Cambridge Companion to Greek Comedy
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Illustrations
- Contributors
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- Part I Setting the stage (in Athens and beyond)
- 1 Defining the genre
- 2 The rivals of Aristophanes and Menander
- 3 Fourth-century comedy before Menander
- 4 Epicharmus and early Sicilian comedy
- 5 Theiconography of comedy
- Part II Comic theatre
- Part III Central themes
- Part IV Politics, law and social history
- Part V Reception
- Bibliography
- Index
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- The Cambridge Companion to Greek Comedy , pp. 27 - 42Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2014