Menander: The Bad Tempered Man - Stanley Ireland

Though in later antiquity the social comedies of Menander
ranked second in popularity only to Homer, his plays were for
centuries thought to be irretrievably lost. Only in this century
have instances begun to re-emerge from the sands of Egypt, and it
was not until 1958 that a complete play, Dyskolos or The
Bad-Tempered Man, came to light. With this we can now gauge in
full the skill that Menander brought to his works, even in the
early phase of his career. In preparing this edition, the author
aims to make accessible to readers some of the consummate
sophistication in dramatic technique and use of language that
once produced the question, "Menander and Life, which of you
imitated the other?" Greek text with facing translation,
commentary and notes.