Research Catalog

Title

Menander : Samia / Matthew Wright.

Author

Wright, Matthew (Matthew Ephraim)

Publication

London ; New York : Bloomsbury Academic, 2021.

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Details

Description

166 pages : illustrations (black and white); 22 cm.

Summary

"This introductory companion offers a critical analysis of Menander's Samia for non-specialists. Matthew Wright brings the play to life by explaining how it achieves its comic effects and how it fits within the broader context of fourth-century Greek drama and society. He offers a scene-by-scene reading of the play, combining close attention to detail with broader consideration of major themes, in an approach designed to bring out the humour and nuance of each individual moment on stage, while also illuminating Menander's comic art. Menander's Samia is one of the best-preserved examples of fourth-century Greek comedy. Celebrated within antiquity but subsequently lost for many years, it miraculously came back to light, in almost complete form, as a result of Egyptian papyrus finds during the twentieth century. The play dramatizes a tangled story of mistakes, mishaps and misapprehensions leading up to the marriage of Moschion and Plangon. The young lovers' story is tied up with that of various other characters, including Moschion's father Demeas, Plangon's father Nikeratos, and above all Demeas' mistress Chrysis (the eponymous 'Woman from Samos'). For most of the play the characters are at odds with one another owing to accidental delusions or deliberate deceptions, and it seems as if the marriage will be cancelled or indefinitely postponed; but ultimately everyone's problems are solved and the play ends happily"--

Series Statement

Bloomsbury ancient comedy companions

Uniform Title

Bloomsbury ancient comedy companions.

Subject

• Menander, of Athens
• Samia (Menander, of Athens)
• Greek drama > History and criticism
• Greek drama

Genre/Form

• Criticism, interpretation, etc.
• Literary criticism.
• Drama.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Call Number

JFD 21-781

ISBN

• 9781350124769
• 1350124761
• 9781350124776
• 135012477X
• 9781350124783 (canceled/invalid)
• 9781350124790 (canceled/invalid)

LCCN

• 2020023397
• 60002405466

OCLC

1156447219

Author

Wright, Matthew (Matthew Ephraim), author.

Title

Menander : Samia / Matthew Wright.

Publisher

London ; New York : Bloomsbury Academic, 2021.

Type of Content

text

still image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

Bloomsbury ancient comedy companions

Bloomsbury ancient comedy companions.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Form:

Online version: Wright, Matthew, Menander New York : Bloomsbury Academic, 2020. 9781350124783 (DLC) 2020023398

Other Standard Identifier

60002405466

Research Call Number

JFD 21-781