Menaechmi
Title | Menaechmi PDF eBook |
Author | Plautus |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Pages | 171 |
Release | 2015-03-12 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1107487307 |
Originally published in 1919, this book contains an edited edition of the Latin text of Plautus' comedy Menaechmi.
Plautus: Menaechmi
Title | Plautus: Menaechmi PDF eBook |
Author | V. Sophie Klein |
Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
Pages | 193 |
Release | 2022-01-13 |
Genre | Drama |
ISBN | 1350092754 |
This new volume in the Bloomsbury Ancient Comedy Companions series is perfect for students coming to one of Plautus' most whimsical, provocative, and influential plays for the first time, and a useful first point of reference for scholars less familiar with Roman comedy. Menaechmi is a tale of identical twin brothers who are separated as young children and reconnect as adults following a series of misadventures due to mistaken identity. A gluttonous parasite, manipulative courtesan, shrewish wife, crotchety father-in-law, bumbling cook, saucy handmaid, quack doctor, and band of thugs comprise the colourful cast of characters. Each encounter with a misidentified twin destabilizes the status quo and provides valuable insight into Roman domestic and social relationships. The book analyzes the power dynamics at play in the various relationships, especially between master and slave and husband and wife, in order to explore the meaning of freedom and the status of slaves and women in Roman culture and Roman comedy. These fundamental societal concerns gave Plautus' Menaechmi an enduring role in the classical tradition, which is also examined here, including notable adaptations by William Shakespeare, Jean François Regnard, Carlo Goldoni and Rodgers and Hart.
The Menaechmi
Title | The Menaechmi PDF eBook |
Author | Titus Maccius Plautus |
Publisher | |
Pages | 234 |
Release | 1889 |
Genre | |
ISBN |
The Menaechmi of Plautus
Title | The Menaechmi of Plautus PDF eBook |
Author | Titus Maccius Plautus |
Publisher | |
Pages | 232 |
Release | 1900 |
Genre | Latin drama (Comedy) |
ISBN |
T. Macci Plavti Menaechmi
Title | T. Macci Plavti Menaechmi PDF eBook |
Author | Titus Maccius Plautus |
Publisher | |
Pages | 180 |
Release | 1919 |
Genre | Greece |
ISBN |
T. Macci Plauti Menaechmi
Title | T. Macci Plauti Menaechmi PDF eBook |
Author | Titus Maccius Plautus |
Publisher | |
Pages | 238 |
Release | 1918 |
Genre | Latin drama (Comedy). |
ISBN |
The Comedies of Aristophanes: Plutus, with a translation of the Menaechmi of Plautus
Title | The Comedies of Aristophanes: Plutus, with a translation of the Menaechmi of Plautus PDF eBook |
Author | Aristophanes |
Publisher | |
Pages | 256 |
Release | 1907 |
Genre | |
ISBN |