Theopompos was one of the leading comic playwrights of late fifth- and early fourth-century Athens, competing actively with the great Aristophanes and winning several victories. This volume presents the first complete translation and commentary on his surviving fragments. He participated in important trends during the transition from Old to Middle Comedy, including tragic and epic parody and an interest in the figure of the hetaira; among other gems, his fragments include the oldest extant reference to the philosopher Plato.

Der Band 3.5 der Fragmenta Comica enthält die fragmentarisch überlieferten Komödien Seriphioi, Trophonios, Cheimanzomenoi, Cheirones und Horoi des Kratinos. Der Text basiert wie in den anderen Bänden der Reihe mit einigen Modifikationen auf den Poetai Comici Graeci (edd. R. Kassel und C. Austin). Die Fragmente werden ausführlich unter philologischen und historischen Gesichtspunkten kommentiert und sind mit einer italienischen Übersetzung versehen.

This volume belongs to the Fragmenta Comica series, a project dedicated to providing translations and commentaries on all surviving fragments of ancient Greek comic playwrights. In this volume, Kyriaki A. Ioannidou offers the first comprehensive commentary on fifteen of Menander's fragmentary plays: Achaioi - Thais (fr. 89-169 K.-A.). This book broadens the list of fragmentary Menander plays with full commentaries aiming to shed light on the lesser-known Menandrian comedies and to deepen our understanding of Menander's dramatic style and themes. The fragments and testimonies are examined from...