{"product_id":"menander-9780812216523","title":"Menander","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe comedies of Menander reveal that the oft-employed theme of mistaken identity is as old as the Great Dionysia.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A boon for classicists and general readers alike. For the reader who comes to tragedy for the first time, these translations are eminently 'accessible.' . . . For the classicist, these versions constitute an ambitious reinterpretation of traditional masterpieces.\" * \u003ci\u003eBoston Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e *\u003cbr\u003e\"Directness, vivid imagery, and rhetorical music prevail in different cadences.\" * \u003ci\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e *\u003cbr\u003e\"Don't look for the wild and woolly-these were put together by wordsmiths. . . . But they are a far cry from some of the stodgier translations.\" * \u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e *\u003cbr\u003e\"The 12-volume set will offer readers new verse translations of the complete surviving tragedies of Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides, as well as the surviving comedies of Aristophanes and Menander. The complete line of Greek theater classics has not been offered to readers since 1938.\" * \u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction by Sheila D'Atri\u003cbr\u003e The Grouch (Dyskolos)\u003cbr\u003e —Translated by Sheila D'Atri\u003cbr\u003e Desperately Seeking Justice (Epitrepontes)\u003cbr\u003e —Translated by Sheila D'Atri and Palmer Bovie\u003cbr\u003e Closely Cropped Locks (Perikeiromene)\u003cbr\u003e —Translated by Sheila D'Atri and Palmer Bovie\u003cbr\u003e The Girl from Samos (Samia)\u003cbr\u003e —Translated by Richard Elman\u003cbr\u003e About the Translators\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Pennsylvania Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49405691330903,"sku":"9780812216523","price":21.59,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780812216523.jpg?v=1730493293","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/menander-9780812216523","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}