{"product_id":"menander-the-grouch-desperately-seeking-justice-closely-cropped-locks-the-girl-from-samos-the-shield-paperback-softback-9780812216523","title":"Menander; The Grouch, Desperately Seeking Justice, Closely Cropped Locks, the Girl from Samos, the Shield (Paperback \/ softback) 9780812216523","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eMenander\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eThe Grouch, Desperately Seeking Justice, Closely Cropped Locks, the Girl from Samos, the Shield\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eDavid R. Slavitt (Edited by), Palmer Bovie (Edited and translated by), Sheila D'Atri (Contributions by), Richard Elman (Contributions by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780812216523\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 1 January 1998\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e296 pages\u003cbr\u003e21.6 x 14 x 1.5 cm, 0.666 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A boon for classicists and general readers alike. For the reader who comes to tragedy for the first time, these translations are eminently 'accessible.' . . . For the classicist, these versions constitute an ambitious reinterpretation of traditional masterpieces.\"-\u003ci\u003eBoston Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Directness, vivid imagery, and rhetorical music prevail in different cadences.\"-\u003ci\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Don't look for the wild and woolly-these were put together by wordsmiths. . . . But they are a far cry from some of the stodgier translations.\"-\u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"The 12-volume set will offer readers new verse translations of the complete surviving tragedies of Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides, as well as the surviving comedies of Aristophanes and Menander. The complete line of Greek theater classics has not been offered to readers since 1938.\"-\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Penn Greek Drama Series presents original literary translations of the entire corpus of classical Greek drama: tragedies, comedies, and satyr plays. It is the only contemporary series of all the surviving work of Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides, Aristophanes, and Menander.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe translations in this volume are by Sheila D'Atri, Palmer Bovie, and Richard Elman.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction by Sheila D'Atri\u003cbr\u003e The Grouch (Dyskolos)\u003cbr\u003e -Translated by Sheila D'Atri\u003cbr\u003e Desperately Seeking Justice (Epitrepontes)\u003cbr\u003e -Translated by Sheila D'Atri and Palmer Bovie\u003cbr\u003e Closely Cropped Locks (Perikeiromene)\u003cbr\u003e -Translated by Sheila D'Atri and Palmer Bovie\u003cbr\u003e The Girl from Samos (Samia)\u003cbr\u003e -Translated by Richard Elman\u003cbr\u003e About the Translators\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"University of Pennsylvania Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52555678482712,"sku":"9780812216523","price":22.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/menander-the-grouch-desperately-seeking-justice-closely-cropped-locks-the-girl-from-samos-the-shield-paperback-softback-9780812216523","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}