Athenian Comedy in the Roman Empire. C. W. Marshall

Athenian Comedy in the Roman Empire


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Athenian Comedy in the Roman Empire C. W. Marshall
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Hanses's research interests lie in ancient comedy and humor, intertextuality in “Juvenal and the Revival of Greek New Comedy at Rome. The turning point in Roman drama came in 240 BCE, when a Greek-speaking slave living in Rome, Livius Andronicus, translated Homer's Odyssey into Latin. Athenian Comedy in the Roman Empire by C. Athenian comedy is firmly entrenched in the classical canon, but imperial authors debated, dissected and redirected comic texts, plots and language of. Studies Athenian Comedy in the Roman Empire. Greek literature, especially of the Imperial period, Ancient Drama, Ancient Philosophy, and Reception. Marshall, Tom Hawkins, 9781472588838, available at Book Depository with free delivery worldwide. Fishpond NZ, Athenian Comedy in the Roman Empire by Tom Hawkins (Edited ) C W Marshall (Edited ). Greek culture, in particular, came to pervade Rome in this period. Athenian Comedy in the Roman Empire Hardcover. These slapstick characters and pratfalls were welded onto the tradition of Greek New Comedy, which was imported into Rome after its conquest of Greece. This volume offers the first expansive treatment of the reception of Athenian comedy in the Roman Empire. Who is the only Old Greek Comedy playwright whose work has survived? Tom Hawkins is Associate Professor of Classics at Ohio State University, USA, and the author of "Iambic Poetics in the Roman Empire" (2014). The principal writer of the Greek “new comedy” was Menander (342 - c. Greek Theatre | Roman Theatre | Medieval Theatre East, North Africa and Central Asia -- anywhere the Roman Empire established a protectorate. Read a free sample or buy Athenian Comedy in the Roman Empire by C.





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