titus maccius plautus Flashcards

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1
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plautus full name

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titus maccius plautus

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2
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plautus years

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254-184 BC

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3
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where was plautus born

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sarsina

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4
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who was born in sarsina

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plautus

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5
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plautus class

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poor

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6
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why did plautus come to rome

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work as carpenter, flour mill

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7
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who came to rome to work as carpenter and flour mill

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plautus

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8
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when did plautus write his plays

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in the interval of manual labor

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9
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who wrote plays in the interval of their manual labor

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plautus

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10
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who was an actor in their own plays

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plautus

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11
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who wrote comic plays

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plautus

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12
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what literature did plautus write

A

comic plays

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13
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what are plautus’ plays later identified as

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fabulae palliatae

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14
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what are plautus’ plays adopted from

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greek new comedy (3/4 centuries)

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15
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who wrote adaptations of greek 3rd/4th century plays

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plautus

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16
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what is diverbium

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dialouge (1/3 of play)

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17
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what is cantica

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sung portion (2/3 play)

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18
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what is dialouge portion of play

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diverbium

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19
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what is sung portion of play

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cantica

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20
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who many plays does plautus have

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130 (21 definite)

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21
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who wrote amphitryon

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plautus

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22
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what is the only of plautus’ plays based on myth subject

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amphitryon

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23
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who wrote aulularia

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plautus

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24
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what is aulularia about

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euclio finds a pot of gold

25
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who wrote asinaria

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plautus

26
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who wrote bacchides

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plautus

27
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what is plautus’ bacchides borrowed from

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menanders double deceiver

28
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who wrote captivi

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plautus

29
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what is special about plautus’s captivi

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no women in it

30
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who wrote casina

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plautus

31
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what is casina about

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elder man and his son fall. in love with slave casina

32
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who wrote cistellaria

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plautus

33
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what is plautus’ cistellaria adopted from

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menanders synaristosai

34
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who wrote curculio

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plautus

35
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who wrote epidicus

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plautus

36
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what is plautus’ epidicus about

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slave tricks master into buying a slave that is his own daughter

37
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who wrote menaechmi

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plautus

38
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what work used part of plautus’ menaechmi

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shakespear’s “Comedy of Errors”

39
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who wrote mercator

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plautus

40
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what is plautus’ mercator about

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son brings a girl from rhodes and both men fall in love with her

41
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who wrote miles gloriosis

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plautus

42
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who wrote mostellaria

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plautus

43
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what is plautus’ mostellaria about

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slave lies about master’s house being haunted

44
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who wrote persa

A

plautus

45
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who wrote poenulus

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plautus

46
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what is special about plautus’ poenulus

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has carthiginian language

47
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what play has carthiginain language

A

plautus’ poenulus

48
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who wrote pseudolus

A

plautus

49
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what is plautus’ pseudolus about

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tricks a pimp out of his girl and money

50
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who played ballio is plautus’ pseudolus

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rosicus, great actor of cicero’s time

51
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who wrote rudens

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plautus

52
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who wrote stichus

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plautus

53
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who wrote trinummus

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plautus

54
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who wrote trclulentus

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plautus

55
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who wrote vidularia

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plautus

56
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who was rated 2nd best comic writer by sedigitud

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plautus

57
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who wrote in iambic senarii

A

plautus

58
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what did plautus write in

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iambic senarii