The Merchant. the Braggart Warrior. the Haunted House. the Persian
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Plautus (Titus Maccius), 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 (one is incomplete). 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,...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0674991818
ISBN13:9780674991811
Release Date:January 1924
Publisher:Harvard University Press
Length:536 Pages
Weight:0.75 lbs.
Dimensions:1.0" x 4.6" x 6.7"
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