Peter Brown provides a sharp and wide-ranging, yet coherent introduction ... Balme's translation is the most meticulous yet to appear in English.

• The Bad-Tempered Man (Dyskolos) ; The Girl from Samos (Samia) ; The Arbitration (Epitrepontes) ; The Shield (Aspis) ; The Girl with the Shaven Head (Perikeiromene) ; The Man she Hated (Misoumenos) ; The Man from Sikyon (Sikyonios) ; Twice a Swindler (Dis Exapaton) ; The Hero (Heros) ; The Lyre-Player (Kitharistes) ; The Farmer (Georgos) ; The Apparition (Phasma) ; The Flatterer (Kolax) ; The Girl Possessed (Theophoroumene) ; The Girl from Leukas (Leukadia) ; The Girl from Perinthos (Perinthia) ; The Man from Carthage (Karchedonios) ; The Women drinking Hemlock (Koneiazomenai) ; Title Unknown ; A Selection of Fragments Quoted by Other Authors ; Fragments of Doubtful Authorship

Peter Brown provides a sharp and wide-ranging, yet coherent introduction ... Balme's translation is the most meticulous yet to appear in English.

• The Bad-Tempered Man (Dyskolos) ; The Girl from Samos (Samia) ; The Arbitration (Epitrepontes) ; The Shield (Aspis) ; The Girl with the Shaven Head (Perikeiromene) ; The Man she Hated (Misoumenos) ; The Man from Sikyon (Sikyonios) ; Twice a Swindler (Dis Exapaton) ; The Hero (Heros) ; The Lyre-Player (Kitharistes) ; The Farmer (Georgos) ; The Apparition (Phasma) ; The Flatterer (Kolax) ; The Girl Possessed (Theophoroumene) ; The Girl from Leukas (Leukadia) ; The Girl from Perinthos (Perinthia) ; The Man from Carthage (Karchedonios) ; The Women drinking Hemlock (Koneiazomenai) ; Title Unknown ; A Selection of Fragments Quoted by Other Authors ; Fragments of Doubtful Authorship

Peter Brown provides a sharp and wide-ranging, yet coherent introduction ... Balme's translation is the most meticulous yet to appear in English.

• The Bad-Tempered Man (Dyskolos) ; The Girl from Samos (Samia) ; The Arbitration (Epitrepontes) ; The Shield (Aspis) ; The Girl with the Shaven Head (Perikeiromene) ; The Man she Hated (Misoumenos) ; The Man from Sikyon (Sikyonios) ; Twice a Swindler (Dis Exapaton) ; The Hero (Heros) ; The Lyre-Player (Kitharistes) ; The Farmer (Georgos) ; The Apparition (Phasma) ; The Flatterer (Kolax) ; The Girl Possessed (Theophoroumene) ; The Girl from Leukas (Leukadia) ; The Girl from Perinthos (Perinthia) ; The Man from Carthage (Karchedonios) ; The Women drinking Hemlock (Koneiazomenai) ; Title Unknown ; A Selection of Fragments Quoted by Other Authors ; Fragments of Doubtful Authorship