Amphitryon. The Comedy of Asses. The Pot of Gold. The Two Bacchises. The Captives
The rollicking comedies of Plautus, who brilliantly adapted Greek plays for Roman audiences c. 205â184 BCE, are the earliest Latin works to survive complete and are cornerstones of the European theatrical tradition from Shakespeare and MoliĂšre to modern times.
This first volume of a new Loeb edition of all 21 of Plautus's extant comedies presents Amphitruo, Asinaria, Aulularia, Bacchides, and Captivi with freshly edited texts, lively modern translations, and ample explanatory notes.
Accompanying the plays is a detailed introduction to Plautus's Ćuvre as a whole, discussing his techniques of translation and adaptation, his use of Roman humour, stage conventions, language and metre, and his impact on the Greco-Roman comedic theatre and beyond.
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The rollicking comedies of Plautus, who brilliantly adapted Greek plays for Roman audiences c. 205â184 BCE, are the earliest Latin works to survive complete and are cornerstones of the European theatrical tradition from Shakespeare and MoliĂšre to modern times.
This first volume of a new Loeb edition of all 21 of Plautus's extant comedies presents Amphitruo, Asinaria, Aulularia, Bacchides, and Captivi with freshly edited texts, lively modern translations, and ample explanatory notes.
Accompanying the plays is a detailed introduction to Plautus's Ćuvre as a whole, discussing his techniques of translation and adaptation, his use of Roman humour, stage conventions, language and metre, and his impact on the Greco-Roman comedic theatre and beyond.
