Plautus Flashcards
Plautus derives from the Umbrian Plotus, what does Plotus mean?
Flat-footed or big-eared
What is Plautus’ full name
Titus Maccius Plautus or Marcus Accius/Attius Plautus
Where was Plautus born
Sarsina, Umbria
When did Plautus die, obtained by Cicero
184 BC
When approximately was Plautus born
255-250 BC
What were production notices equipped with lists of the characters called
didascalia
How many extant Plautine plays are there
21
Which of Plautus’ plays meant The Comedy of Asses
Asinaria
Which of Plautus’ plays meant the Comedy of the Pot or The Pot of Gold
Aulularia
Which of Plautus’ plays meant The Prisoners or The Captives
Captivi
Which of Plautus’ plays meant The Comedy of the Chest
Cistellaria
Which of Plautus’ plays meant The Comedy of the Ghost
Mostellaria
Which of Plautus’ plays meant The Braggart Soldier
Miles Gloriosus
Which of Plautus’ plays meant The Merchant
Mercator
Which of Plautus’ plays meant The Man from Carthage
Poenulus
Which of Plautus’ plays meant The Persian
Persa
Which of Plautus’ plays meant The Three Coins
Trinummus
Which of Plautus’ plays meant The Comedy of the Satchel
Vidularia
Which of Plautus’ plays meant The Cable or The Rope
Rudens
Which of Plautus’ plays meant The Weevil
Curculio
Other Plautus plays that you need to know
Amphitruo, Casina, Epidicus, Bacchides, Menaechmi, Pseudolus, Stichus, and Truculentus
When was Stichus staged for the first time
200 BC
Which of Plautus’ plays is the longest and has 1,437 verses
Miles Gloriosus
Which play of Plautus is the shortest and has 729 verses
Curculio
Which play of Plautus is the only to have a mythological subject
Amphitruo
When was Pseudolus first staged
191 BC
What work of Menander’s is Plautus’ Bacchides based on
Dis Exapaton
