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Dyskolos

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Dyskolos Information
487 words, approx. 2 pages
Dyskolos (translated as The Grouch, The Misanthrope, or Old Cantankerous) is an Ancient Greek comedy by Menander, the only one of his plays, or of the whole New Comedy, that has survived in relatively complete form (it is usually said to be complete but...


Criticism and Essays
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Critical Essay by Gilbert Murray
10,340 words, approx. 35 pages
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's New Comedy.
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Critical Essay by J. Michael Walton and Peter D. Arnott
9,956 words, approx. 33 pages
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.
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Critical Essay by Sander M. Goldberg
9,008 words, approx. 30 pages
In the following excerpt, Goldberg explains how the Dyskolos achieves much of its impact through a careful balance between the serious and the comic.
 


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