Greek New Comedy Beyond Menander - Trends in Classics - Supplementary Volumes - - Books - De Gruyter - 9783119144285 - February 2, 2026
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Greek New Comedy Beyond Menander - Trends in Classics - Supplementary Volumes

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While Menander has long stood as the emblematic figure of Greek New Comedy, recent scholarship has increasingly challenged this Menandrocentric view by re-examining the broader landscape of comic production in the late-Classic and Hellenistic period. This volume brings to the fore the fragmentary remains of Menander’s contemporaries—such as Philemon, Diphilus, Apollodorus and others—offering new insights into their character typologies, linguistic style, and political engagement. Through philological, literary, and reception-oriented approaches, the contributions in this book reevaluate long-standing assumptions about the genre.

The volume not only recontextualizes New Comedy within its historical and literary frameworks but also sheds light on its impact on Roman comedy. By expanding the canon beyond Menander, this study provides classicists, philologists, and literary historians with a more nuanced and comprehensive understanding of the genre's complexity and cultural significance.  

Media Books     Hardcover Book   (Book with hard spine and cover)
Released February 2, 2026
ISBN13 9783119144285
Publishers De Gruyter
Pages 378
Dimensions 150 × 220 × 20 mm   ·   655 g
Language German  
Editor Mastellari, Virginia

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