Plautus - The Darker Comedies Bacchides, Casina, and Truculentus |
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Editor:
| Slavitt, David R. Plautus, T. Maccius Bovie, Palmer |
ISBN: | 978-0-8018-2901-7 |
Publication Date: | Jun 1983 |
Publisher: | Johns Hopkins University Press
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Book Format: | Paperback |
List Price: | USD $32.00 |
Book Description:
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The plays translated in this volume represent everything one would not expect either from the third-century B.C. playwright Plautus or from Roman comedy in general.A common theme in all three comedies is the triumph of women over men. In Truculentus, prostitutes snare all of the men in the play; in Bacchides, the victims include fathers and sons. ......
The plays translated in this volume represent everything one would not expect either from the third-century B.C. playwright Plautus or from Roman comedy in general.A common theme in all three comedies is the triumph of women over men. In Truculentus, prostitutes snare all of the men in the play; in Bacchides, the victims include fathers and sons. ......