titus maccius plautus Flashcards
plautus full name
titus maccius plautus
plautus years
254-184 BC
where was plautus born
sarsina
who was born in sarsina
plautus
plautus class
poor
why did plautus come to rome
work as carpenter, flour mill
who came to rome to work as carpenter and flour mill
plautus
when did plautus write his plays
in the interval of manual labor
who wrote plays in the interval of their manual labor
plautus
who was an actor in their own plays
plautus
who wrote comic plays
plautus
what literature did plautus write
comic plays
what are plautus’ plays later identified as
fabulae palliatae
what are plautus’ plays adopted from
greek new comedy (3/4 centuries)
who wrote adaptations of greek 3rd/4th century plays
plautus
what is diverbium
dialouge (1/3 of play)
what is cantica
sung portion (2/3 play)
what is dialouge portion of play
diverbium
what is sung portion of play
cantica
who many plays does plautus have
130 (21 definite)
who wrote amphitryon
plautus
what is the only of plautus’ plays based on myth subject
amphitryon
who wrote aulularia
plautus
what is aulularia about
euclio finds a pot of gold
who wrote asinaria
plautus
who wrote bacchides
plautus
what is plautus’ bacchides borrowed from
menanders double deceiver
who wrote captivi
plautus
what is special about plautus’s captivi
no women in it
who wrote casina
plautus
what is casina about
elder man and his son fall. in love with slave casina
who wrote cistellaria
plautus
what is plautus’ cistellaria adopted from
menanders synaristosai
who wrote curculio
plautus
who wrote epidicus
plautus
what is plautus’ epidicus about
slave tricks master into buying a slave that is his own daughter
who wrote menaechmi
plautus
what work used part of plautus’ menaechmi
shakespear’s “Comedy of Errors”
who wrote mercator
plautus
what is plautus’ mercator about
son brings a girl from rhodes and both men fall in love with her
who wrote miles gloriosis
plautus
who wrote mostellaria
plautus
what is plautus’ mostellaria about
slave lies about master’s house being haunted
who wrote persa
plautus
who wrote poenulus
plautus
what is special about plautus’ poenulus
has carthiginian language
what play has carthiginain language
plautus’ poenulus
who wrote pseudolus
plautus
what is plautus’ pseudolus about
tricks a pimp out of his girl and money
who played ballio is plautus’ pseudolus
rosicus, great actor of cicero’s time
who wrote rudens
plautus
who wrote stichus
plautus
who wrote trinummus
plautus
who wrote trclulentus
plautus
who wrote vidularia
plautus
who was rated 2nd best comic writer by sedigitud
plautus
who wrote in iambic senarii
plautus
what did plautus write in
iambic senarii
