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In writing this book on the plays of New Comedy the author's aim is to fill a gap in the existing literature by concentrating on what one might look for in watching and reading these plays and why such an exercise might be pleasurable. The social comedy of Menander, Plautus and Terence provided a style of comic drama which was to prove the root of all subsequent western comedy. Dr Hunter gives a literary account of this drama, placing it in its ancient context and then ranging over a number of specific topics and themes: the dramatic craft of the poets, their exploration of how to give variety to stereotyped plots and characters, the presentation of women, the use of language and themes from tragedy, the place of moralising and philosophy. All Greek and Latin is translated.

Classical drama (Comedy) --- History and criticism. --- 871-22 --- 875-22 --- -Latijnse literatuur: comedie --- Griekse literatuur: comedie --- -875-22 Griekse literatuur: comedie --- 871-22 Latijnse literatuur: comedie --- Latijnse literatuur: comedie --- Classical Latin literature --- Classical Greek literature --- Drama --- 875-22 Griekse literatuur: comedie --- History and criticism --- Arts and Humanities --- History --- Classical drama (Comedy) - History and criticism.

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This book selects central texts illustrating the literary reception of Hesiod's Works and Days in antiquity and considers how these moments were crucial in fashioning the idea of 'didactic literature'. A central chapter considers the development of ancient ideas about didactic poetry, relying not so much on explicit critical theory as on how Hesiod was read and used from the earliest period of reception onwards. Other chapters consider Hesiodic reception in the archaic poetry of Alcaeus and Simonides, in the classical prose of Plato, Xenophon and Isocrates, in the Aesopic tradition, and in the imperial prose of Dio Chrysostom and Lucian; there is also a groundbreaking study of Plutarch's extensive commentary on the Works and Days and an account of ancient ideas of Hesiod's linguistic style. This is a major and innovative contribution to the study of Hesiod's remarkable poem and to the Greek literary engagement with the past.

Greek literature --- History and criticism. --- Hesiod. --- Plutarch. --- Plutarco --- Plutarque --- Ploutarchos --- Ploetarchos --- Plutarch --- Plutarchus --- Plutarkh --- Plutarkhus --- Plutarchus, --- Plutarch, --- Blūtārkhūs --- Плутарх --- Плутах --- Plutarh --- פלוטארכוס --- پلوتارخ --- Πλούταρχος, --- Pseudo-Plutarch --- Plutarkhosz --- Plutarchus Chaeronensis --- Greek literature. --- LITERARY CRITICISM --- POETRY --- Rezeption. --- Poetry. --- Ancient, Classical & Medieval. --- Hesiodus, --- Works and days (Hesiod).

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Homer was the greatest and most influential Greek poet. In this book, Richard Hunter explores central themes in the poems' reception in antiquity, paying particular attention to Homer's importance in shaping ancient culture. Subjects include the geographical and educational breadth of Homeric reception, the literary and theological influence of Homer's depiction of the gods, Homeric poetry and sympotic culture, scholarly and rhetorical approaches to Homer, Homer in the satires of Plutarch and Lucian, and how Homer shaped ideas about the power of music and song. This is a major and innovative contribution to the study of the dominant literary force in Greek culture and of the Greek literary engagement with the past. Through the study of their influence and reception, this book also sheds rich light on the Homeric poems themselves. All Greek and Latin are translated.

Antike. --- Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.). --- Rezeption. --- Homer --- Homer. --- Homerus, --- Influence. --- Iliad (Homer). --- Odyssey (Homer). --- Hóiméar --- Hūmīrūs --- Homeros --- Gomer --- Omir --- Omer --- Omero --- Ho-ma --- Homa --- Homérosz --- האמער --- הומירוס --- הומר --- הומרוס --- هومر --- هوميروس --- 荷马 --- Ὅμηρος --- Гамэр --- Hamėr --- Омир --- Homère --- Homero --- 호메로스 --- Homerosŭ --- Homērs --- Homeras --- Хомер --- ホメーロス --- ホメロス --- Гомер --- Homeri --- Hema --- Pseudo-Homer --- Pseudo Omero --- Homerus. --- E-books --- Homerus

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Greek poetry, Hellenistic --- Argonauts (Greek mythology) in literature. --- Poésie grecque hellénistique --- Argonautes (Mythologie grecque) dans la littérature --- History and criticism --- Histoire et critique --- Alexander, --- Augustus, --- Menander, --- Callimachus --- Theocritus --- Apollonius, --- In literature. --- Criticism and interpretation. --- History and criticism. --- Poésie grecque hellénistique --- Argonautes (Mythologie grecque) dans la littérature --- Argonauts (Greek mythology) in literature --- Théocrite --- Theokritos --- Menandros, --- Athens, Menander of --- Menandro, --- Ménandre, --- Menandorosu, --- מינאנדרוס --- Callimachus Cyrenaeus --- Callimaco --- Callimaque --- Kallimachus --- Kallimachos --- Kallimachos van Kyrene --- Octavius Caesar, --- Gaius Octavius, --- Octavius, Gaius, --- Octavianus, --- Octavianus, Gaius Julius Caesar, --- Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus, --- Octavian, --- Caius Julius Caesar Octavianus, --- T︠S︡ezarʹ Oktavian Avgust, --- Oktavian-Avgust, T︠S︡ezarʹ, --- Avgust, T︠S︡ezarʹ Oktavian, --- Octavianus Augustus, --- Augusto, --- Cesarz August, --- Ogusṭus, --- Augustus Caesar, --- Gaius Octavius Thurinus, --- Octavio Augusto, --- Cayo Octavio Turino, --- Thurinus, Gaius Octavius, --- Turino, Cayo Octavio, --- אוגוסטוס --- Alejandro, --- Alekjhāṇḍara, --- Aleksandar, --- Aleksander, --- Aleksandr, --- Alekʻsandre, --- Aleksandros bar Filipos, --- Aleksandŭr, Makedonski, --- Alessandro, --- Alexander --- Alexandre, --- Alexandros --- Alexandros, --- Alexandros, Megalos, --- Alexandru, --- Alexantros, --- Aleksandŭr, --- Александър, --- Iskandar, --- Maḳdonya, Aleksandros bar Filipos, --- Makedonski, Aleksandŭr, --- Македонски, Александър, --- Megalexandros, --- Megas Alexandros, --- Nagy Sándor, --- Sikandar, --- Iskender, --- Μέγας Ἀλέξανδρος, --- Ἀλέξανδρος, --- Ἀλέξανδρος --- אלכסנדר בן פיליפוס, --- אלכסנדר, --- اسكندر كبير --- اسکندر اعظم --- سکندراعظم --- Менандр, --- Menander --- Menander Comicus --- Menandro --- Ménandre --- Menandros --- Kallimakh --- Kālīmākhūs al-Qūrīnī --- Qūrīnī, Kālīmākhūs --- Calímaco --- Kallimach --- Καλλίμαχος