UID:
kobvindex_HPB1288666102
Format:
1 online resource (198 pages) :
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2 illustrations.
ISBN:
9781800642867
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1800642865
Content:
This parallel edition in both Latin and English, with its accessible introduction and comprehensive notes, guides the reader through this popular Roman play. Tracy explores Epidicus's roots in Greek drama, its rich social resonances for a Roman audience and its life in performance. She transforms Plautus' colloquial Latin poetry into lively modern English prose, illuminating the play's many comedic references to the world of the Roman republic.
Content:
"Epidicus, a light-hearted comedy by Plautus about the machinations of a trickster slave and the inadequacies of his bumbling masters, appears here in both its original Latin and a sparkling new translation by Catherine Tracy. Epidicus, the cunning slave, is charged with finding his master's illegitimate daughter and the secret girlfriend of his master's son, but a comedy of mistaken identities and competing interests ensues. Amid the mayhem, Epidicus aims to win his freedom whilst risking some of the grislier punishments the Romans inflicted on their unfortunate slaves. This parallel edition in both Latin and English, with its accessible introduction and comprehensive notes, guides the reader through this popular Roman play. Tracy explores Epidicus's roots in Greek drama, its rich social resonances for a Roman audience and its life in performance. She transforms Plautus' colloquial Latin poetry into lively modern English prose, illuminating the play's many comedic references to the world of the Roman republic. This fine introduction to an enduring play will be of great use and enjoyment for undergraduate students of Latin drama and the general reader alike."--Publisher's website.
Note:
Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- The Plot of Epidicus -- The Roman Theatre -- Latin Text of Epidicus with Language Notes -- Helpful Information for Reading the Latin Text -- The Rhythm of Plautus -- Trochaic Septenarii -- Iambic Senarii -- The Play in Latin -- PERSONAE -- ACTVS I -- 1.1 EPIDICVS, THESPRIO -- 1.2 STRATIPPOCLES, CHAERIBVLVS, EPIDICVS -- ACTVS II -- 2.1 APOECIDES, PERIPHANES -- 2.2 EPIDICVS, APOECIDES, PERIPHANES -- 2.3 EPIDICVS -- ACTVS III -- 3.1 STRATIPPOCLES, CHAERIBVLVS -- 3.2 EPIDICVS, STRATIPPOCLES, CHAERIBVLVS -- 3.3 PERIPHANES, APOECIDES, SERVOS
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3.4 MILES, PERIPHANES -- 3.4a PERIPHANES, MILES, FIDICINA -- ACTVS IV -- 4.1 PHILIPPA, PERIPHANES -- 4.2 ACROPOLISTIS, PERIPHANES, PHILIPPA -- ACTVS V -- 5.1 STRATIPPOCLES, EPIDICVS, DANISTA, TELESTIS -- 5.2 PERIPHANES, APOECIDES, EPIDICVS -- Translation of Plautus's Epidicus -- About the Translation -- The Play in English -- Cast of Characters -- Setting -- ACT 1 -- 1.1 Scene with Epidicus and Thesprio -- 1.2 Scene with Stratippocles, Chaeribulus, and Epidicus -- ACT 2 -- 2.1 Scene with Apoecides and Periphanes -- 2.2 Scene with Epidicus, Periphanes, and Apoecides -- 2.3 Scene with Epidicus
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ACT 3 -- 3.1 Scene with Stratippocles and Chaeribulus -- 3.2 Scene with Epidicus, Stratippocles, and Chaeribulus -- 3.3 Scene with Periphanes, Apoecides, a Slave, and the [Hired] Lyre-Player (Who Doesn't Speak in this Scene) -- 3.4 Scene with the Soldier and Periphanes (and an Unnamed, Non-Speaking Slave) -- 3.4a Scene with Periphanes, the Soldier, and the [Hired] Lyre-Player -- ACT 4 -- 4.1 Scene with Philippa and Periphanes -- 4.2 Scene with Acropolistis, Periphanes, and Philippa -- ACT 5 -- 5.1 Scene with Stratippocles, Epidicus, the Moneylender, and Telestis
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5.2 Scene with Periphanes, Apoecides, and Epidicus -- Argumentum (Plot Summary) -- Acrostic Translation of the Argumentum -- Literal Translation of Argumentum -- Works Cited -- Index
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Latin text with parallel English translation ; introduction and editorial matter in English.
In:
Online access: Open Book Publishers Open Book Publishers.
Additional Edition:
Print version: TRACY, CATHERINE. EPIDICUS BY PLAUTUS. [Place of publication not identified] OPEN Book Publishers, 2021 1800642849
Additional Edition:
9781800642843
Language:
English
Keywords:
Electronic books.
URL:
ProQuest Ebook Central
