Greek Comedy

Catalog description

Comedy of the fifth century B.C.E., known as Old Comedy, focused on political issues, while Greek comedy of the fourth century B.C.E., known as New Comedy, focused on domestic entanglements. Eleven plays of Aristophanes survive from Old Comedy, and large fragments of seven plays by Menander survive from New Comedy. Students will study one or more of these plays at the discretion of the instructor. Course may be repeated up to unlimited credit hours.