ISBN10: 0199259925, ISBN13: 9780199259922, [publisher: Oxford University Press, Oxford] Hardcover Hardcover. Eupolis (fl. 429-411 BC) was one of the best-attested and most important of Aristophanes' rivals. No complete work by this lost master has survived, but of his fourteen plays we have 500 fragments. These include 120 lines of his best-known comedy, Demoi (The Demes), which were discovered and published in 1911. Even in fragmentary form, Eupolis' plays shed interesting light on the whole range of issues - political, poetic, and dramatic -that make Aristophanes so perennially fascinating. There has, however, been no substantial survey in English until now. As well as providing a new translation of all the remaining fragments and a separate essay on each lost play,Ian C. Storey discusses Eupolis' career, redates the plays, examines how Eupolis was known in the ancient world, explores his relationship with Aristophanes (as both rival and collaborator), and delineates the distinct nature of the comedy that this prizewinning poet created. Eupolis (fl. 429-411 BC) was one of the best-attested and most important of Aristophanes' rivals. This book provides a translation of all the remaining fragments and an essay on each lost play, as well as discussions of Eupolis' career and the sort of comedy that this poet created. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.
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Oxford University Press, Date: 2004. hardcover. Good. 9x1x6. Ex-library (Library of Congress). No dust jacket. Black cloth boards. Clean, has a good binding, no marks or notations to the text. 2004. Oxford University Press ISBN 0199259925 US