Doric comedy -- Attic "old comedy" -- "Middle" and "new comedy" -- The reception of other poetry -- Politics and politicians -- Philosophy and philosophers -- Food and dining -- Wine and symposia -- Women -- Aspects of Daily Life -- Appendix I : epigraphic evidence for the chronology of Attic comedy -- Appendix II : Conspectus numerorum -- Appendix III : the poets -- Appendix IV : translations of the fragments

Includes bibliographical references (p. [xii]-xvi) and indexes

Translated from the Ancient Greek