INTRODUCTION

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS vi
3. PREFACE viii
4. ARISTOPHANES AND ATHENIAN OLD COMEDY
5. ARISTOPHANES AND ATHENIAN OLD COMEDY 3
6. THE POLITICS OF COMEDY AND THE PROBLEM OF THE RECEPTION OF ARISTOPHANES’ ACHARNIANS 14
7. SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY 33
8. A Note on the Translation 35
9. ACHARNIANS 36
10. MENANDER AND GREEK NEW COMEDY
11. INTRODUCTION 85
12. DANCE, OLD MAN, DANCE! THE TORTURE OF KNEMON IN MENANDER’S DYSKOLOS 96
13. SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY 110
14. DYSKOLOS; OR, THE GROUCH 112
15. PLAUTUS AND ROMAN NEW COMEDY
16. INTRODUCTION 149
17. CLEOSTRATA IN CHARGE: TRADITION AND VARIATION IN CASINA 169
18. SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY 187
19. CASINA 189
20. TERENCE AND ROMAN NEW COMEDY
21. INTRODUCTION 243
22. WHO IS THE PARASITE? GIVING AND TAKING IN PHORMIO 253
23. SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY 265
24. PHORMIO 266