The Little Carthaginian. Pseudolus. The Rope
By Plautus
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The rollicking comedies of Plautus, who brilliantly adapted Greek plays for Roman audiences c. 205 184 bc, are the earliest Latin works to survive complete and are cornerstones of the European theatrical tradition from Shakespeare and Moliere to modern times. This fourth volume of a new Loeb edition of all twenty-one of Plautus s extant comedies presents "The Little Carthaginian, Pseudolus, " and "The Rope" with freshly edited texts, lively modern translations, introductions, and ample explanatory notes."
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Plautus
Author · 55 books
Titus Maccius Plautus (c. 254 – 184 BC), commonly known as Plautus, was a Roman playwright of the Old Latin period. His comedies are the earliest works in Latin literature to have survived in their entirety. He wrote Palliata comoedia, the genre devised by the innovator of Latin literature, Livius Andronicus. The word Plautine refers to both Plautus' own works and works similar to or influenced by his.
