Publication: The Characters / Plays and Fragments

Publication: The Characters / Plays and FragmentsPublication Record # 809694
Editor: uncredited
Date: 1967-00-00
Publisher: Penguin Books
Pub. Series: Penguin Classics
Pub. Series #: L193
Price:
7/6^?Prior to decimilisation (1968-1971), UK books were priced in shillings, or shillings and pence, where 20 shillings equals one pound and 12 old pence equals one shilling. Shillings were indicated with a variety of suffixes, e.g. 3s, 3', 3", 3/ all mean 3 shillings. Any number after that is additional pence, usually 6 (half a shilling) but sometimes 3 or 9 (a quarter of a shilling or three-quarters of a shilling).
Pages: 247
Format:
pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
Type: ANTHOLOGY
Notes: Translated by Philip Vellacott "The Characters" by Theophrstus and "The Samian Woman", "The Hero", "The Farmer" and other shorter fragments have not been indexed as they may not have speculative elements.
External IDs:
- OCLC/WorldCat: 931224698

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Anthology Title: The Characters / Plays and Fragments • anthology by uncredited

Contents (view Concise Listing)

7 • Introduction (The Characters / Plays and Fragments) • essay by Philip Vellacott
57 • The Bad Tempered Man • short fiction by Menander (trans. of
Δύσκολος^?Dýskolos
Dyskolos
unknown)
107 • The Arbitration • short fiction by Menander (trans. of
Έπιτρέποντες^?Epitrepontes
unknown)
143 • The Unkindest Cut • short fiction by Menander (trans. of
Περικειρομένη^?Perikeiroméne
Perikeiromene
unknown)
211 • The Sicyonian • short fiction by Menander (trans. of
οἱ Σικυώνιοι^?hoi Sikyốnioi
hoi Sikyonioi
unknown)

Source	Status	Verifier	Date
OCLC/Worldcat	Verified	Rtrace	2020-11-22 14:13:02