Plautus: The Darker Comedies: Bacchides, Casina, and Truculentus

by Plautus

Book Overview

The plays translated in this volume represent everything one would not expect either from the third-century B.C. playwright Plautus or from Roman comedy in general.

A common theme in all three comedies is the triumph of women over men. In Truculentus, prostitutes snare all of the men in the play; in Bacchides, the victims include fathers and sons. In Casina, Plautus creates a fantasy that turns traditional social and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0801829011
• ISBN13: 9780801829017
• Release Date: June 1983
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"