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... comedy- at least , comedy of the highest sort - is not a reflex of the national life . Catullus is dubbed ' doctus , ' the techni- cal epithet for one skilled in Greek lore . Vergil ' boasts that he has sung Hesiod in Roman cities , and ...
... comedy- at least , comedy of the highest sort - is not a reflex of the national life . Catullus is dubbed ' doctus , ' the techni- cal epithet for one skilled in Greek lore . Vergil ' boasts that he has sung Hesiod in Roman cities , and ...
Page xii
... comedian Caecilius Statius 13 . Young Terence was told to sit on a low stool and begin to read : but he had not got beyond the early scene where the funeral is described , the chief mourner in which is the heroine of the piece , before ...
... comedian Caecilius Statius 13 . Young Terence was told to sit on a low stool and begin to read : but he had not got beyond the early scene where the funeral is described , the chief mourner in which is the heroine of the piece , before ...
Page xiv
... Comedy of Athens . Such parts as can be traced to their original are mentioned in the notes . The outline of the plot is as follows : -An Athenian citizen named Chremes has two establishments , one at Athens consisting of a wife ...
... Comedy of Athens . Such parts as can be traced to their original are mentioned in the notes . The outline of the plot is as follows : -An Athenian citizen named Chremes has two establishments , one at Athens consisting of a wife ...
Page xvi
... Comedy , familiar to us in the pages of Aristophanes , though the Old Comedy is often spoken of as though it were the lineal progenitor of the Comedy of manners and intrigue which finds in Menander its typical exponent . Aristophanes ...
... Comedy , familiar to us in the pages of Aristophanes , though the Old Comedy is often spoken of as though it were the lineal progenitor of the Comedy of manners and intrigue which finds in Menander its typical exponent . Aristophanes ...
Page xvii
... . 20 This aspect is well brought out in the table - talk preserved to us in Athenaeus , who uses the Middle and New Comedy to illustrate his points . T. b so long as youth tries to enjoy itself , parents INTRODUCTION . xvii.
... . 20 This aspect is well brought out in the table - talk preserved to us in Athenaeus , who uses the Middle and New Comedy to illustrate his points . T. b so long as youth tries to enjoy itself , parents INTRODUCTION . xvii.
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