Plautus /

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: Πλαύτος, Τίτος Μάκκιος, 2ος αιώνας π.Χ (συγγραφέας.)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Melo, Wolfgang David Cirilo de, 1976- (επιμελητής, μεταφραστής.)
• Μορφή: Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English; Latin
• Έκδοση: Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, 2011-2013.
• Σειρά: Loeb Classical Library 60-61, 163, 260, 328.
• Θέματα: Ηλεκτρονικά βιβλία; Λατινικό δράμα (Κωμωδία)

 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 Moli�ere 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 Moli�ere 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 �uvre 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. 

 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.