Plautus: Mostellaria / Edition 1

by Plautus

Overview

"Mostellaria" is one of Plautus' most lively plays. Probably based on a Greek original, Philemon's "Ghost", it concerns the scheming slave Tranio's attempts (including the invention of a haunted house) to disguise from his old master the sexual and financial prodigality of the latter's son. The complex plot of deceit and confusion is, in the way of the genre, finally resolved in reconciliation and forgiveness. This edition, first published in 1968, was conceived as a first reader in Roman comedy. Its introduction includes sections on Plautus, on the genre, on the play and its plot, on Plautine language, style and metrics. Annotation and a full vocabulary aid the beginning reader.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781853996382
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	07/31/2002
Series:	Latin Texts
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	224
Sales rank:	982,589
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.60(d)

About the Author

Frank R. Merrill was at the time of writing Professor of Latin and Greek at Washington & Jefferson College, Washington, Pennsylvania.