The Forensic Stage
Subtitle: Settling Disputes in Graeco-Roman New Comedy
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: June 10, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 534
ISBN-13: 9780521607070
Subjects: Plays & playwrights: classical, early & medieval; Language Arts & Disciplines; Language Arts / Linguistics / Literacy; Ancient (Classical) Greek; Latin; Language; Ancient and Classical; General; Classical drama (Comedy)--History and critici; Classical drama (Comedy)--History and criticism; Language Arts & Disciplines / General; Literary Collections / Ancient, Classical & Medieval; Literary Criticism-Ancient and Classical
First sentence: Many characters of New Comedy exhibit what may be called a "forensic disposition."