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Eupolis: Poet of Old Comedy

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Eupolis was one of the best-attested and most important of Aristophanes' rivals. No complete play has survived, but more than 120 lines of his best-known comedy, Demoi , are extant. This book provides a new translation of all the remaining fragments and an essay on each lost play, as well as discussions of Eupolis' career and the sort of comedy that this prizewinning poet created.

Language: English

Pages: 456

Format: Hardcover

Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

Release: March 01, 2004

ISBN: 0199259925

ISBN 13: 9780199259922

Eupolis: Poet of Old Comedy

4/5 ( ratings)

Eupolis was one of the best-attested and most important of Aristophanes' rivals. No complete play has survived, but more than 120 lines of his best-known comedy, Demoi , are extant. This book provides a new translation of all the remaining fragments and an essay on each lost play, as well as discussions of Eupolis' career and the sort of comedy that this prizewinning poet created.

Language: English

Pages: 456

Format: Hardcover

Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

Release: March 01, 2004

ISBN: 0199259925

ISBN 13: 9780199259922

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