In the following excerpt, originally published in 1933, Murray explains that recognition of the devastating change inflicted upon fifth-century Athens is crucial to the full appreciation of Menander&#...
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In the following excerpt, Handley discusses how Menander dealt with the traditions of both comedy and tragedy, Menander's views regarding drama, and the changing popular and critical evaluation...
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In the following essay, Webster discusses characteristics of Menander's comedies, commenting on his treatment of plot, establishing of a setting, and use of the mask to play with audience expec...
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In the following excerpt, Goldberg explains how the Dyskolos achieves much of its impact through a careful balance between the serious and the comic.
Knemon, a thoroughly inhuman human, and a grouc...
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In the following excerpt, Konstan analyzes Menander's uses of passionate love in the Dyskolos in order to comment on class conflict.
Menandrean drama differs from the Old Comedy produced by ...
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In the following excerpt, Walton and Arnott explain how the history and politics of Greece in the century leading up to Menander affected his comedies and Greek theater in general.
Menander was bor...
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Critical Essay by Gilbert Murray
