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  • Amphitryon & Two Other Plays by Plautus
    Plautus

    Amphitryon & Two Other Plays

    This anthology includes his best plays and also seeks to give some idea of his range. His forte was farce, and these selections exemplify at least two of his favorite farcical devices: mistaken identity (Amphitryon) and the lecherous old codger (Casina). The Pot of...
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  • Asinaria: The One about the Asses by Plautus
    Plautus

    Asinaria: The One about the Asses

    Asses, asses, and more asses! This new edition of Plautus' rumbustious comedy provides the complete original Latin text, witty scholarly commentary, and an English translation that both complements and explicates Plautus' original style. John Henderson reveals this play as a key to Roman social...
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  • Casina, the Casket Comedy, Curculio, Epidicus, the Two Menaechmuses by Plautus
    Plautus

    Casina, the Casket Comedy, Curculio, Epidicus, the Two Menaechmuses

    Funny happenings. The rollicking comedies of Plautus, who brilliantly adapted Greek plays for Roman audiences ca. 205-184 BC, are the earliest Latin works to survive complete and are cornerstones of the European theatrical tradition from Shakespeare and Moli鑽e to modern times. This second volume...
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  • Four Comedies: The Braggart Soldier; The Brothers Menaechmus; The Haunted House; The Pot of Gold by Plautus
    Plautus

    Four Comedies: The Braggart Soldier; The Brothers Menaechmus; The Haunted House; The Pot of Gold

    Plautus was the single greatest influence on Western comedy. In fact, Shakespeare's Comedy of Errors and Moliere's the Miser are two subsequent classics directly based on Plautine originals. Plautus himself borrowed from the Greeks, but his jokes, rapid dialogue, bawdy humor, and irreverent characterizations...
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  • Menaechmi; Or, The Twin-Brothers by Plautus
    Plautus

    Menaechmi; Or, The Twin-Brothers

    Considered to be Plautus's greatest play, "Menaechmi; Or, The Twin-Brothers" is the story of two twin brothers, Menaechmus and Sosicles, who are separated at age seven when their father takes Menaechmus on a business trip. This classic play, which provided the inspiration for Shakespeare's...
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  • Miles Gloriosus by Gloriosus, Miles
    Plautus

    Miles Gloriosus

    Miles Gloriosus or "Braggart Warrior" is one of the best-known and liveliest Roman comedies. It shows Plautus at his ablest in ingenious plot construction, vivid characterization, fast-moving action, and humorous dialogue. This edition of the Latin text is fully and very helpfully annotated. The...
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  • Mostellaria or the Haunted House by Plautus
    Plautus

    Mostellaria or the Haunted House

    Mostellaria, also known as The Haunted House, is a comedic play written by the ancient Roman playwright Plautus. The play tells the story of a young man named Philolaches who lives a life of luxury and extravagance, spending all of his father's money on...
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  • Plautus - Mostellaria or, The Haunted House by Plautus
    Plautus

    Plautus - Mostellaria or, The Haunted House

    Titus Maccius Plautus is better known in English as Plautus, a prolific Roman playwright of the Old Latin period. As can be expected little is known of his early life. Accounts are reconciled that he was born in Sarsina, a small town in Emilia...
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  • Plautus: Amphitruo by Plautus
    Plautus

    Plautus: Amphitruo

    This is the first edition of Platus' Amphitruo to appear in English for approximately forty years. It contains introductory essays, Latin text and a line-by-line commentary. Students will find this an indispensable tool in reading and translating the play, which was enormously popular in...
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  • Plautus: Menaechmi by Plautus
    Plautus

    Plautus: Menaechmi

    Plautus' comedy Menaechmi was the main inspiration for Shakespeare's The Comedy of Errors. In this edition Dr. Gratwick provides a newly constituted text, a commentary for students giving help with language and context, and an introduction that sheds new light on the interpretation of...
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  • Plautus: Mostellaria by Plautus
    Plautus

    Plautus: Mostellaria

    "Mostellaria" is one of Plautus' most lively plays. Probably based on a Greek original, Philemon's "Ghost", it concerns the scheming slave Tranio's attempts (including the invention of a haunted house) to disguise from his old master the sexual and financial prodigality of the latter's...
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  • Plautus: Pseudolus by Plautus
    Plautus

    Plautus: Pseudolus

    This book contains the latin text of Plautus's Pseudolus, with a detailed introduction including sections on Greek new comedy, figures of language and thought and the presentation of the text. The edition also includes a bibliography, extensive notes and and a metrical synopsis.Author: PlautusISBN-10:...
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  • Plautus: Rudens by Plautus
    Plautus

    Plautus: Rudens

    This title contains the full text of Plautus's Rudens, supplemented with an Introduction, extensive vocabulary and detailed textual notes.Author: PlautusISBN-10: 0862920639ISBN-13: 9780862920630Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLCLanguage: EnglishPublished: 06/01/1991Pages: 230Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.63lbsSize: 8.54h x 5.58w x 0.51d
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  • Rome and the Mysterious Orient: Three Plays by Plautus by Plautus
    Plautus

    Rome and the Mysterious Orient: Three Plays by Plautus

    Still funny after two thousand years, the Roman playwright Plautus wrote around 200 B.C.E., a period when Rome was fighting neighbors on all fronts, including North Africa and the Near East. These three plays--originally written for a wartime audience of refugees, POWs, soldiers and...
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  • The Captivi Of Plautus by Plautus
    Plautus

    The Captivi Of Plautus

    This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our...
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  • The Little Carthaginian. Pseudolus. the Rope by Plautus
    Plautus

    The Little Carthaginian. Pseudolus. the Rope

    Funny happenings. The rollicking comedies of Plautus, who brilliantly adapted Greek plays for Roman audiences ca. 205-184 BC, are the earliest Latin works to survive complete and are cornerstones of the European theatrical tradition from Shakespeare and Moli鑽e to modern times. This fourth volume...
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  • The Pot of Gold and Other Plays by Plautus
    Plautus

    The Pot of Gold and Other Plays

    One of the supreme comic writers of the Roman world, Plautus (c.254-184 BC), skilfully adapted classic Greek comic models to the manners and customs of his day. This collection features a varied selection of his finest plays, from the light-hearted comedy Pseudolus, in which...
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