Brill's companion to the study of Greek comedy / / edited by Gregory W. Dobrov.

• TeilnehmendeR: Dobrov, Gregory W., 1957-
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden ;, Boston : : Brill,, 2010.
• Year of Publication: 2010
• Language: English
• Series: Brill's Companions to Classical Studies.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (595 pages) :; illustrations
• Notes: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

The present volume sets forth the main resources for the advancing student of Ancient Greek Comedy. An international roster of specialists contributes chapters organized into three sections: \'Contexts\': the intellectual, physical and socio-historical setting of Athenian Comedy; \'History\': the literary history of the Old, Middle and New periods; and \'Elements\': the text, language and formal components of the genre (including a comprehensive bibliography). This Companion is designed as a resource for understanding and interpreting the classics of Athenian Comedy from its inception through Menander. It will also be useful for navigating the principal corpora of texts, fragments and scholia that have been revised and augmented in recent years.This unique volume occupies the middle ground between short surveys and highly specialized scholarship. Contributors include: W. Geoffrey Arnott, Angus Bowie, Eric Csapo, Gregory W. Dobrov, J. Richard Green, Stanley Ireland, Heinz-Günther Nesselrath, S. Douglas Olson, Alan H. Sommerstein, Ian Storey, Ralph M. Rosen, Andreas Willi, Bernhard Zimmermann.

Table of Contents

Preliminary material / Gregory W. Dobrov -- Comedy and Her Critics / Gregory W. Dobrov -- Comedy, Politics, and Society / S. Douglas Olson -- The Material Evidence / J. Richard Green -- The Production and Performance of Comedy in Antiquity / Eric Csapo -- Myth and Ritual in Comedy / Angus M. Bowie -- Origins and Fifth-Century Comedy / Ian C. Storey -- Aristophanes / Ralph M. Rosen -- Middle Comedy / W. Geoffrey Arnott -- New Comedy / Stanley Ireland -- The History of the Text of Aristophanes / Alan H. Sommerstein -- Comic Fragments: Transmission and Textual Criticism / Heinz-Günther Nesselrath -- Structure and Meter / Bernhard Zimmermann -- The Language of Old Comedy / Andreas Willi -- Bibliography / Gregory W. Dobrov -- Subject Index / Gregory W. Dobrov.