5 edition of Plautus" Curculio found in the catalog.
Plautus" Curculio
Titus Maccius Plautus
Published
1993
by University of Oklahoma Press in Norman, Ok
.
Written in English
Edition Notes
Includes bibliographical references.
| Statement | with introduction and notes by John Wright. |
| Series | Oklahoma series in classical culture ;, v. 17 |
| Contributions | Wright, John, 1941- |
| Classifications | |
|---|---|
| LC Classifications | PA6568 .C8 1993 |
| The Physical Object | |
| Pagination | p. cm. |
| ID Numbers | |
| Open Library | OL1405184M |
| ISBN 10 | 0806125071 |
| LC Control Number | 93013385 |
lines of unadapted Latin text from eleven Plautus plays: Asinaria –, Amphitruo –, Captiui –36, Casina – and –18, Cistellaria –29, Curculio –86, Menaechmi 77– and –69, Poenulus 1–45 and –66, Pseudolus 1–2 and –, Rudens –, and Truculentus –; Notes at the. Plautus is the only Latin playwright of the period—aside from Terence, a whole generation later—whose works survive in the manuscript tradition. An incredible comedies are ascribed to Plautus, the vast majority of which were already in antiquity labeled spurious. (“The One with the Little Chest”), Curculio .
Curculio is the Latin word for “weevil,” a beetle whose larva eats many times its weight in grain. It is also the name of a major character in the play: the parasite. Like a weevil, Curculio loves food and is willing to do anything to earn a meal. Plautus composed his plays entirely in . Plautus has books on Goodreads with ratings. Plautus’s most popular book is The Pot of Gold and Other Plays.
Enjoy millions of the latest Android apps, games, music, movies, TV, books, magazines & more. Anytime, anywhere, across your devices. Plautus (Titus Maccius), born about BCE at Sarsina in Umbria, went to Rome, engaged in work connected with the stage, lost his money in commerce, then turned to writing comedies. Twenty-one plays by Plautus have survived (one is incomplete). The basis of all is a free translation from comedies by such writers as Menander, Diphilus, and.
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Plautus' Curculio, the shortest of the twenty surviving comedies by ancient Rome's master dramatist, certainly is among his has all the characteristics that make Plautus a perennial favorite among readers of Latin: archetypal characters such as the braggart warrior and the greedy parasite, a seminal plot based on greed and deception, and the powerful, inventive ve/5(14).
Plautus' Curculio, the shortest of the twenty surviving comedies by ancient Rome's master dramatist, certainly is among his best. It has all the characteristics that make Plautus a perennial favorite among readers of Latin: archetypal characters such as the braggart warrior and the greedy parasite, a seminal plot based on greed and deception, and the powerful, inventive verbal style that for.
Plautus' Curculio, the shortest of the twenty surviving comedies by ancient Rome's master dramatist, certainly is among his has all the characteristics that make Plautus a perennial favorite among readers of Latin: archetypal characters such as the braggart warrior and Plautus Curculio book greedy parasite, a seminal plot based on greed and deception, and the powerful, inventive verbal style that for 5/5(1).
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Easterling, Philip Hardie, Richard Hunter, E. Kenney Plautus' Casina Cambridge University Press ISBN Fantham, E. "The Curculio of Plautus: An Illustration of Plautine Methods in Adaptation," The Classical Quarterly (), pp.
84– Fontaine, M. Funny Words in Plautine Comedy. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Childrens Kids Books Lot 60 Early Beginning Readers Kindergarten First Grade. $ $ Free shipping. Popular. Plautus' Curculio, Paperback by Plautus, Titus Maccius; Wright, John, Brand N $ Free shipping.
Scholastic Little Leveled Readers Learn to Read Preschool Kindergarten Lot Seller Rating: % positive. Curculio Curculio Plot Summary. At the behest of Phaedromus, Curculio goes to Caria in order to ask for money.
There he tricks the rival of Phaedromus out of his ring. He has Phaedromus write and seal a letter. When Lyco sees the seal, he recognizes it as the soldier’s. He gives the pimp 5 his payment so that he can send off the girlfriend.
Maccius Plautus, Curculio, or The Forgery Henry Thomas Riley, Ed. ("Agamemnon", "Hom. ", "denarius") as in other instances where the word is used by Plautus, an indelicate pun is intended. 7 Bade me speak out: Phædromus had said to Palinurus, "Obloquere," which may either mean "you are abusive" or "do you speak out." Phædromus.
Plautus’ actors would all have been males and would probably have worn masks. The Curculio would have been performed without intermission, as we too performed it. Scene 1: During Aesculapius’ prologue Phaedromus walks out of his house, followed by Palinurus, his smart-aleck slave. Palinurus wonders why his master is awake before dawn.
For this reason he sent his hanger-on, Curculio, to Caria, where he is supposed to borrow money from a friend of Phaedromus. Incidentally, this Caria can hardly be the region Caria, which is in what is now Turkey; our play is situated in Epidaurus, and the hanger-on is supposed to travel to Caria and back in four days (ll.
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Find more information about: ISBN: X. Full text of "The parasite as portrayed by Plautus: a study of Menaechmi, Miles Gloriosus, Captivi, Stichus, Curculio, Persa, Bacchides, Asinaria" See other formats UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS LIBRARY Class Book Volume My 08 15M i THE PARASITE AS PORTRAYED BY PLAUTUS A.
attat, Curculio hercle verba mihi dedit, cum cogito. is mihi anulum subripuit. Capp. Perdidistin tu anulum. miles pulchre centuriatus est expuncto in manipulo. Ther. Vbi nunc Curculionem inveniam. Capp. In tritico facillume, vel quingentos curculiones pro uno faxo reperias. ego abeo, vale atque salve.++Ther.
Male vale, male sit tibi. Plautus' Curculio. [Titus Maccius Plautus; John Wright] Home. WorldCat Home About WorldCat Help. Search. Search for Library Items Search for Lists Search for Book: All Authors / Contributors: Titus Maccius Plautus; John Wright. Find more information about:. THE SUBJECT.
PHÆDROMUS is desperately in love with Planesium, who is in the possession of Cappadox, an avaricious Procurer. Not having the means of obtaining her freedom, Phædromus sends Curculio, his Parasite, to Caria, to borrow the money from a friend being unable to lend it, Curculio by accident meets a military officer, named Therapontigonus, and is invited by him to dinner.
Plautus (Titus Maccius), born about BCE at Sarsina in Umbria, went to Rome, engaged in work connected with the stage, lost his money in commerce, then turned to writing -one plays by Plautus have survived (one is incomplete).
The basis of all is a free translation from comedies by such writers as Menander, Diphilus, and Philemon. This second volume of a new Loeb edition of all twenty-one of Plautus’s extant comedies presents Casina, Cistellaria, Curculio, Epidicus, and Menaechmi with freshly edited texts, lively modern translations, introductions, and ample explanatory notes.
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Loosely adapted from lost Greek plays, the works of Plautus helped establish a truly Roman drama in the Latin language for the first time.
Plautus' Curculio, the shortest of the twenty surviving comedies by ancient Rome's master dramatist, certainly is among his has all the characteristics that make Plautus a perennial favorite among readers of Latin: archetypal characters such as the braggart warrior and the greedy parasite, a seminal plot based on greed and deception, and the powerful, inventive verbal style that for.Better World Books via United States: Hardcover, ISBN Publisher: Loeb Classical Library, Good.
Casina - The Casket Comedy - Curculio - Epidicus - The Two Menaechmuses. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside.
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