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Menander David R. Slavitt

Menander By David R. Slavitt

Menander by David R. Slavitt


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Summary

The comedies of Menander reveal that the oft-employed theme of mistaken identity is as old as the Great Dionysia.

Menander Summary

Menander: The Grouch, Desperately Seeking Justice, Closely Cropped Locks, The Girl from Samos, The Shield by David R. Slavitt

The Penn Greek Drama Series presents original literary translations of the entire corpus of classical Greek drama: tragedies, comedies, and satyr plays. It is the only contemporary series of all the surviving work of Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides, Aristophanes, and Menander.
The translations in this volume are by Sheila D'Atri, Palmer Bovie, and Richard Elman.

Menander Reviews

A boon for classicists and general readers alike. For the reader who comes to tragedy for the first time, these translations are eminently 'accessible.' . . . For the classicist, these versions constitute an ambitious reinterpretation of traditional masterpieces. * Boston Book Review *
Directness, vivid imagery, and rhetorical music prevail in different cadences. * San Francisco Chronicle *
Don't look for the wild and woolly-these were put together by wordsmiths. . . . But they are a far cry from some of the stodgier translations. * Washington Post *
The 12-volume set will offer readers new verse translations of the complete surviving tragedies of Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides, as well as the surviving comedies of Aristophanes and Menander. The complete line of Greek theater classics has not been offered to readers since 1938. * Publishers Weekly *

About David R. Slavitt

Edited by David R. Slavitt and Palmer Bovie

Table of Contents

Introduction by Sheila D'Atri
The Grouch (Dyskolos)
-Translated by Sheila D'Atri
Desperately Seeking Justice (Epitrepontes)
-Translated by Sheila D'Atri and Palmer Bovie
Closely Cropped Locks (Perikeiromene)
-Translated by Sheila D'Atri and Palmer Bovie
The Girl from Samos (Samia)
-Translated by Richard Elman
About the Translators

Additional information

GOR013160024
9780812216523
0812216520
Menander: The Grouch, Desperately Seeking Justice, Closely Cropped Locks, The Girl from Samos, The Shield by David R. Slavitt
Used - Very Good
Paperback
University of Pennsylvania Press
19980101
296
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