The Language of Greek Comedy [Hardcover]

The contributions to this volume by a team of international experts illustrate how the linguistic study of Greek comedy can deepen our knowledge of the intricate connections between the dramatic texts and their literary and socio-cultural environment. While the main focus is on comedy, the diversity of the approaches adopted ensures that much of the work applies to different genres and is relevant also to linguists and literary scholars.

The Language of Greek Comedy,Andreas Willi
Ionic Iambos and Attic Komoidia,Ewen Bowie
The Language of Doric Comedy,Albio C. Cassio
Some Evaluative Terms in Aristophanes,Kenneth Dover
Figures of Speech in Aristophanes,Simon R. Slings
Comic Elements in Tragic Language,Alan H. Sommerstein
M?geiros poiet?s,Gregory W. Dobrov
Orthographical Variants in Papyri,W. Geoffrey Arnott
Speech in Speech in Menander,Ren? N?nlist

The proofreading is exemplary, the indexes especially of Greek words allow easy consultation...useful as provocative background to a seminar... --Religious Studies Review

This learned and stimulating volume...makes an important contribution to our understanding of comedy. --New England Classical Journal

Andreas Willi is Research Assistant in Classics, University of Basel, Switzerland