Biography EssayTranslations in English: The Plays of Menander, edited and translated by Lionel Casson (New York: New York University Press, 1971); Menander. Plays and Fragments, translated, with a...
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Menander (342-291 BC) was an Athenian comic playwright. He was the acknowledged master of the so-called New Comedy in Greece. Famed for his realistic portrayal of situations and characters, he greatly...
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The comedy of fourth-century Athens, which inspired the Roman plays of Plautus and Terence and, through their own revival in the Renaissance, modern traditions of comedy from William Shakespeare and M...
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O.K., here’s my idea: Maybe it’s time for Bob Dylan to shift from writing more songs to writing more books. Chronicles, the first volume of his memoirs, was brilliant; Modern Times, the...
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O.K., here’s my idea: Maybe it’s time for Bob Dylan to shift from writing more songs to writing more books. Chronicles, the first volume of his memoirs, was brilliant; Modern Times, the...
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In March 1978, when the country was still in the throes of discomania, New Yorker classical music critic Alex Ross bought his first LP: a recording of the Austrian composer Anton Bruckner’s 9...
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They include the nomination of John Egan as Commissioner for Office of General Services; Barry L. Kluger to serve as Inspector General of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority; and Robert S. Hi...
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Menander
Menander
Is the Cult of Rootsiness Ruining Dylan\'d5s Songs?
