Plautus and Terence Flashcards

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Plautus’ plays are

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Adapted from Greek originals
Set in Greece
Roman characteristics

Plots featured: love affairs, confusions of identity, conflicts between father and son, clever slaves who outwit their masters

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Plautus used

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Jokes and puns
Stock characters (parasite, lecherous old man)
Music (cantica, operatic arias, duets)

Wrote casina

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Terence wrote

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6 plays, all of which survive

More faithful to Greek model- less roman references

Sympathetic portrayal of human relationships, stock characters

Innovation: prologue

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