Format:
1 online resource
ISBN:
9780674996533
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9780674996786
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9780674996823
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9780674999862
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9780674996816
Series Statement:
Loeb Classical Library 60
Uniform Title:
Works. 〈English & Latin〉
Content:
The comedies of Plautus, who brilliantly adapted Greek plays for Roman audiences c. 205-184 BCE, are the earliest Latin works to survive complete and cornerstones of the European theatrical tradition from Shakespeare and Molière to modern times. Twenty-one of his plays are extant, The rollicking comedies of Plautus, who brilliantly adapted Greek plays for Roman audiences c. 205-184 BCE, are the earliest Latin works to survive complete and are cornerstones of the European theatrical tradition from Shakespeare and Molière to modern times. The Loeb Classical Library edition of Plautus presents freshly edited texts, lively modern translations, and ample explanatory notes. Accompanying the plays is a detailed introduction to Plautus’s œuvre as a whole, discussing his techniques of translation and adaptation, his use of Roman humor, stage conventions, language and meter, and his impact on the Greco-Roman comedic theater and beyond
Content:
v. I. Amphitryon. The comedy of asses. The pot of gold. The two Bacchises. The captives -- v. II. Casina. The casket comedy. Curculio. Epidicus. The two Menaechmuses -- v. III. The merchant. The braggart soldier. The ghost. The Persian -- v. IV. The little Carthaginian. Pseudolus. The rope -- v. V. Stichus. Three-dollar day. Truculentus. The tale of a traveling-bag. Fragments
Note:
Text in Latin with English translation on facing pages
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Mode of access: World Wide Web.
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Text in Latin with English translation on facing pages
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780674996533(v.1)
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780674996786(v.2)
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780674996823(v.3)
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780674999862(v.4)
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780674996816(v.5)
Additional Edition:
Print version Cambridge, Mass : Harvard University Press, 2011
Language:
English
Keywords:
Latin drama (Comedy)
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Latin drama (Comedy)
Author information:
Plautus, Titus Maccius v254-v184
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