Plautus Truculentus
Perparvam partem postulat Plautus loci de vestris magnis atque amoenis moenibus, Athenas quo sine architectis conferat. Daturin estis an non? This fifth volume of a new Loeb edition of all twenty-one of Plautus’s extant comedies presents Stichus, Three-Dollar Day, Truculentus, The Tale of a Traveling-Bag, and fragments with freshly edited texts, lively modern translations, introductions, and ample explanatory notes. Maccius Plautus, Truculentus, or The Churl Henry Thomas Riley, Ed. ('Agamemnon', 'Hom. 9.1', 'denarius') All Search Options [view abbreviations] Home Collections/Texts Perseus Catalog Research Grants Open Source About Help. The Comedies of Plautus. Henry Thomas Riley. Bell and Sons. May 21, 2012 - Recitation by Reginald Foster of Plautus, Truculentus IV, 3, 33-36 with his own English rendering of this bit of wisdom.
• Introduction • Introductory Works • General Overviews • Bibliographical Surveys • Text • Translations • Individual Plays • Amphitruo • Asinaria • Aulularia • Bacchides • Captivi • Casina • Cistellaria • Curculio • Epidicus • Menaechmi • Mercator • Miles Gloriosus • Mostellaria • Persa • Poenulus • Pseudolus • Rudens • Stichus • Trinummus • Truculentus • Vidularia • Relationship to Greek Models • Native Italian Drama • Theatricality, Improvisation, and Metatheater • Narrative Structures • Characters • Social Commentary • Language and Style • Cantica and Meter. Introduction Titus Maccius Plautus, from Sarsina in Umbria, wrote plays at the turn of the 3rd into the 2nd century BCE; only two can be dated (200 and 191 BCE). (cited under ) shows that his name is probably a pseudonym, indicating close connection with Italian performance culture. Although 130 plays were attributed to him, 21 were ultimately regarded as genuine in Antiquity, and these plays have been transmitted to us; other fragments exist. Most are adaptations from Greek New Comedy written by Menander, Diphilus, and Philemon, and hence we name them fabulae palliatae, although Amphitruo shows the influence of other forms of drama, such as the phlyakes, farces performed in southern Italy (see, cited under ). Plautus Romanized and Latinized a number of features in the plays and invented material of his own, inspired by native forms of drama, such as farce, and improvised forms of comic entertainment.
Introductory Works Plautus was a very successful dramatist (). For brief introductions, see and as well as the general books on Roman comedy listed in the Oxford Bibliographies Online article. And above all remain indispensable. Is essential orientation for undergraduates. • Beare, William. The Roman stage: A short history of Latin drama in the time of the republic.
London: Methuen. Still the standard account in English of the practicalities of the Roman stage under the republic. Covers origins, dramatists, genres, organization of staging, spectators, actors.
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• Bieber, Margarete. The history of the Greek and Roman theater.
Princeton, NJ: Princeton Univ. Still valuable illustrated study of Greek and Roman theater, especially the physical aspects of dramatic performances, using a wide variety of sources.
First published in 1939. • Chiarini, Gioachino. Introduzione al teatro latino. Brief overview of Plautus on pages 69–85. • Conte, Gian Biagio. Latin literature: A history. Translated by Joseph B.
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Revised by Don Fowler and Glenn W. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins Univ.
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This essential literary history discusses Plautus on pages 49–64. • Duckworth, George E.
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The nature of Roman comedy: A study in popular entertainment. Foreword and bibliographical appendix by Richard Hunter.
Norman: Univ. Of Oklahoma Press.
Still a standard work with full discussion of the origins, nature, staging, themes, characters, and language of Roman comedy. • Gratwick, A. S. Titus Maccius Plautus. Classical Quarterly 23:78–84.