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... Plautus , born in 254 B.C. As a young man he came to Rome from the province of Umbria . He worked about the theatre , supposedly as an actor , having full oppor- tunity to judge the tastes of the Roman audiences . He with- drew from the ...
... Plautus , born in 254 B.C. As a young man he came to Rome from the province of Umbria . He worked about the theatre , supposedly as an actor , having full oppor- tunity to judge the tastes of the Roman audiences . He with- drew from the ...
Page 37
... Plautus ' most amusing plays is the Aulularia , or The Pot of Gold . This is the story of a vastly comic miser , Euclio , who finds a pot of gold and lives in a state of fantastic terror lest it be discovered by someone and stolen from ...
... Plautus ' most amusing plays is the Aulularia , or The Pot of Gold . This is the story of a vastly comic miser , Euclio , who finds a pot of gold and lives in a state of fantastic terror lest it be discovered by someone and stolen from ...
Page 259
... ( Plautus ) , 36 As You Like It ( Shakespeare ) , 122 atellanae , 100 Athalie ( Racine ) , 138 Auctioneer , The , 252 Aulularia ( Plautus ) , 37-38 autos , 158 Bacchantes , The ( Euripides ) , 25 Bacchus ; see Dionysius Back to Methusaleh ...
... ( Plautus ) , 36 As You Like It ( Shakespeare ) , 122 atellanae , 100 Athalie ( Racine ) , 138 Auctioneer , The , 252 Aulularia ( Plautus ) , 37-38 autos , 158 Bacchantes , The ( Euripides ) , 25 Bacchus ; see Dionysius Back to Methusaleh ...
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