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Classical Comedy (Penguin Classics) by Aristophanes & ARISTOPHANES & MENANDER & TITUS MACCIUS PLAUTUS & TERENCE & ERICH SEGAL & NORMA MILLER & DOUGLASS PARKER & ALAN H. SOMMERSTEIN is a work of literary fiction available to read on EtoBox.
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From the fifth to the second century BC, innovative comedy drama flourished in Greece and Rome. This collection brings together the greatest works of Classical comedy, with two early Greek plays: Aristophanes' bold, imaginative Birds, and Menander's The Girl from Samos, which explores popular contemporary themes of mistaken identity and sexual misbehaviour; and two later Roman comic plays: Plautus' The Brothers Menaechmus - the original comedy of errors - and Terence's bawdy yet sophisticated do
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Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.
- Author
- Aristophanes & ARISTOPHANES & MENANDER & TITUS MACCIUS PLAUTUS & TERENCE & ERICH SEGAL & NORMA MILLER & DOUGLASS PARKER & ALAN H. SOMMERSTEIN
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Published
- 2006
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780141959481
- Category
- work of literary fiction
- Subjects
- Drama, Humanities
- Updated
- 2026-03-25
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