Talk:Ancient Greek comedy

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This reads like a transcript of an old-fashioned source; presumably Bates, as cited. The use of Old Comedy for the period before Aristophanes, which has left us only fragments; seems rather odd, and severely dated to me. Comments? Septentrionalis 19:27, 22 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Plagiarism?

Portions of this article seem to have been copied verbatim from the sources linked at the bottom. --68.162.222.88 01:20, 1 June 2006 (UTC)

Not a copyright violation, if Bates was published in 1906, he is in public domain. Septentrionalis 19:03, 1 June 2006 (UTC)

Yes, but not of much current use. The phrase "seldom an honest love" was what struck me first; but, setting aside problems with obsolete language, Greek comedy scholarship has moved on a bit since 1906! Andrew Dalby 20:39, 17 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] More Information

I think it would be a good idea to list at least one or two of the more famous ancient Greek comedies here.