Plays By Plautus
The following biography was originally published in Minute History of the Drama. Fort & Herbert S. New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1935.
Roman Plays By Plautus
Stichus Plautus
About The Pot of Gold and Other Plays. Plautus’s broad humor, shown in some of the earliest surviving Latin plays, reflects Roman manners and contemporary life. This briliant collection includes: The Pot of Gold (Aulularia), The Prisoners (Captivi), The Brothers Menaechmus (Menaechmi), The Swaggering Soldier (Miles Gloriosus), and Pseudolus. The plays of Plautus and Terence provide a rich database that can be used to document the variety of forms that sexual labor manifested in the Roman republic. About The Rope and Other Plays Brilliantly adapting Greek New Comedy for Roman audiences, the sublime comedies of Plautus (c. 254-184 BC) are the earliest surviving complete works of Latin literature.