Reproducing Athens
Subtitle: Menander's comedy, democratic culture, and the Hellenistic city
By: Susan Lape.
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Princeton, N.J
Language: eng
Number of pages: 294
Subjects: Menander, of Athens -- Knowledge -- Athens (Greece); Menander, of Athens -- Political and social views.; Politics and literature -- Greece -- Athens.; Political plays, Greek -- History and criticism.; Democracy in literature.; Comedy.; Athens (Greece) -- Intellectual life.; Athens (Greece) -- Politics and government.; Athens (Greece) -- In literature.
Description: "Reproducing Athens examines the role of romantic comedy, particularly the plays of Menander, in defending democratic culture and transnational polis culture against various threats during the initial and most fraught period of the Hellenistic Era."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [255]-278) and indexes.