{"product_id":"menander-epitrepontes-paperback","title":"Menander: Epitrepontes - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAlan H. Sommerstein\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book introduces readers who may have no previous knowledge of Menander's comedies to \u003ci\u003eEpitrepontes (The Arbitration)\u003c\/i\u003e, arguably the most exquisitely crafted of his better-preserved plays. It explains what we know about the play, how we know it, and how far we can tentatively fill in the gaps in our knowledge. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Sommerstein analyses the nature of the dramatic genre (Athenian New Comedy) to which \u003ci\u003eEpitrepontes\u003c\/i\u003ebelongs. He assesses the plot and the characters, every one of whom makes an essential contribution to the uplifting outcome, and the social and ethical assumptions that dramatist and audience shared. As well as looking at the influences of earlier drama and of contemporary philosophical and popular thought, he considers the afterlife of Menandrian comedy in general and of \u003ci\u003eEpitrepontes\u003c\/i\u003ein particular, both in antiquity and in modern times, but also in the long period in between, when Menander was the great dramatist whose plays were thought to have been irrevocably lost.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAlan H. Sommerstein\u003c\/b\u003e is Emeritus Professor of Greek at the University of Nottingham, UK. His publications include \u003ci\u003eAeschylus\u003c\/i\u003e (3 volumes in the Loeb Classical Library, 2008), \u003ci\u003eTalking about Laughter and Other Studies in Greek Comedy\u003c\/i\u003e (2009), \u003ci\u003eAeschylean Tragedy \u003c\/i\u003e(Bloomsbury Academic, 2010), \u003ci\u003eMenander: Samia \u003c\/i\u003e(2013), \u003ci\u003eMenander in Contexts\u003c\/i\u003e (ed., 2014) and \u003ci\u003eThe Encyclopedia of Greek Comedy\u003c\/i\u003e (ed., 3 vols., 2019).\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 152\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.32 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 17, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52503688282419,"sku":"9781350226685","price":69.91,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/by9TeWRMSUxGODlURnYyNE9IYzNHdz09.webp?v=1760180227","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/menander-epitrepontes-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}