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Eupolis, Poet of Old Comedy

Ian C. Storey

Print publication date: 2003

Print ISBN-13: 9780199259922

Published to Oxford Scholarship Online: January 2010

DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199259922.001.0001

Introduction

Chapter:
(p. 1 ) Introduction
Source:
Eupolis, Poet of Old Comedy
Author(s):

Ian C. Storey (Contributor Webpage)

Publisher:
Oxford University Press
DOI:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199259922.003.0001

This chapter describes Eupolis as a forgotten master of Old Comedy, ranked with Kratinos and Aristophanes. It attempts to discover Eupolis' profile and compares him with other well-known poets. It investigates his reputation as a poet of Old Comedy and evaluates some of his recovered literary fragments. It also provides a translation of the collection of those fragments.

Keywords:   Eupolis, Kratinos, Aristophanes, Old Comedy, reputation, Demoi

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