Fragments of Old Comedy, Volume 3: Philonicus to Xenophon
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Storey, Ian C., PUBLISHER: Harvard University Press, ong>Theong> era of Old Comedy (c. 485 - c. 380 BCE), when ong>theong>atrical comedy was created ong>andong> established, is best known through ong>theong> extant plays of Aristophanes, but ong>theong>re were many oong>theong>r poets whose comedies survive only in fragments. This new Loeb edition, ong>theong> most extensive selection of ong>theong> fragments available in English, presents ong>theong> work of fifty-six poets, including Cratinus ong>andong> Eupolis, ong>theong> oong>theong>r members (along with Aristophanes) of ong>theong> canonical Old Comic triad. For each poet ong>andong> play ong>theong>re is an introduction, brief ong>notesong>, ong>andong> select bibliography. Also included is a selection of ancient testimonia to Old Comedy, nearly one hundred unattributed fragments (both book ong>andong> papyri), ong>andong> descriptions of twenty-five vase-paintings illustrating Old Comic scenes. ong>Theong> texts are based on ong>theong> monumental edition of Kassel ong>andong> Austin, updated to reflect ong>theong> latest scholarship.