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Volume 1: Amphitryon/Asinaria/Aulularia/Bacchides/Captivi

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Amphitryon/The Comedy of Asses/The Pot of Gold/The Two Bacchises/The Captives
Plautus , born about 254 BCE at Sarsina in Umbria, went to Rome, engaged in work connected with the stage, lost his money in commerce, then turned to writing comedies.
Twenty-one plays by Plautus have survived . The basis of all is a free translation from comedies by such writers as Menander, Diphilus, and Philemon. So we have Greek manners of Athens about 300-250 BCE transferred to the Roman stage of about 225-185, with Greek places, people, and customs, for popular amusement in a Latin city whose own culture was not yet developed and whose manners were more severe. To make his plays live for his audience, Plautus included many Roman details, especially concerning slavery, military affairs, and law, with some invention of his own, notably in management of metres. The resulting mixture is lively, genial and humorous, with good dialogue and vivid style. There are plays of intrigue ; of intrigue with a recognition theme ; plays which develop character ; others which turn on mistaken identity ; plays of domestic life .
Loeb Classical Library's edition of Plautus is in five volumes.

Language: English

Pages: 592

Format: Hardcover

Release: January 01, 0186

ISBN 13: 9780674990678

Volume 1: Amphitryon/Asinaria/Aulularia/Bacchides/Captivi

3.7/5 ( ratings)

Amphitryon/The Comedy of Asses/The Pot of Gold/The Two Bacchises/The Captives
Plautus , born about 254 BCE at Sarsina in Umbria, went to Rome, engaged in work connected with the stage, lost his money in commerce, then turned to writing comedies.
Twenty-one plays by Plautus have survived . The basis of all is a free translation from comedies by such writers as Menander, Diphilus, and Philemon. So we have Greek manners of Athens about 300-250 BCE transferred to the Roman stage of about 225-185, with Greek places, people, and customs, for popular amusement in a Latin city whose own culture was not yet developed and whose manners were more severe. To make his plays live for his audience, Plautus included many Roman details, especially concerning slavery, military affairs, and law, with some invention of his own, notably in management of metres. The resulting mixture is lively, genial and humorous, with good dialogue and vivid style. There are plays of intrigue ; of intrigue with a recognition theme ; plays which develop character ; others which turn on mistaken identity ; plays of domestic life .
Loeb Classical Library's edition of Plautus is in five volumes.

Language: English

Pages: 592

Format: Hardcover

Release: January 01, 0186

ISBN 13: 9780674990678

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