Excerpt from The Origin of Attic Comedy
For the convenience of the reader who may be unable to carry in his head the plots and structure of the eleven plays, I have added a Synopsis at the end of the volume, giving a brief summary of the action, and indicating the occurrence of the ritual motives discussed in the text.
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ISBN: | 9781330533826 |
Publication date: | 19th April 2018 |
Author: | Francis MacDonald Cornford |
Publisher: | Forgotten Books an imprint of Fb&c Ltd |
Format: | Paperback |
Pagination: | 272 pages |
Genres: |
Plays, playscripts |