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Encyclopedia and Summary Information
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 Dyskolos Information
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 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... 
Literary Criticism
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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 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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