J. H. Hordern provides a text (based on Kassel and Austin's Poetae Comici Graeci text but with significant additions), translation, and detailed commentary on the surviving fragments of Sophron's mimes. The commentary deals with both literary and linguistic questions, but focuses particularly on Sophron's relationship with earlier traditions (for example, iambus) and his influence on later literature (for example, the work of Theocritus). A substantialintroduction furnishes an overview of the biographical evidence, and discusses the vexed question of audience and performance, arguing that the mimes were essentially symposiac entertainment rather than stage performances. There is detailed discussion of Sophron's dialect and lexicon, the textual tradition, andhis impact on post-classical literature.
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CONTRIBUTORS: J. H. Hordern
EAN: 9780199266135
COUNTRY: United Kingdom
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WEIGHT: 399 g
HEIGHT: 223 cm
PUBLISHED BY: Oxford University Press
DATE PUBLISHED: 2004-03-11
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GENRE: LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General, LITERARY COLLECTIONS / Ancient & Classical, LITERARY CRITICISM / Ancient & Classical
WIDTH: 144 cm
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Ancient (Classical) Greek, Other performing arts, Plays, playscripts, Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval, Literary studies: plays and playwrights
J. H. Hordern is Alexander von Humboldt Foundation Research Fellow at the Institüt für Klassische Philologie, Freie Universitat, Berlin
