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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. The four plays collected here reveal a playwright in his prime, exploring classic themes and developing standard characters that were to influence the comedies of Shakespeare, Molière and many others. In The Ghost, a dissolute son who has squandered his father's money is thrown into disarray when he returns from abroad, a theme that is explored further in the comedy of errors A Three-Dollar Day. In The Rope—regarded by many as the best of Plautus' plays—the shipwreck of a pimp and his slaves leads to the touching reunion of a father and his daughter, while Amphitryo, Plautus's only excursion into divine mythology, offers a cheerful account of how Jupiter became father to Hercules.

For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in

Table of Contents
The Rope and Other PlaysIntroduction

The Ghost Mostellaria

The Rope Rudens

A Three-Dollar Day Trinummus

Amphitryo

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      Publisher Penguin Random House Group
      Imprint Penguin Classics
      Published 4/26/2007 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN-13 9780140441369
      978-0140441369
      ISBN-10 0140441360
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      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. The four plays collected here reveal a playwright in his prime, exploring classic themes and developing standard characters that were to influence the comedies of Shakespeare, Molière and many others. In The Ghost, a dissolute son who has squandered his father's money is thrown into disarray when he returns from abroad, a theme that is explored further in the comedy of errors A Three-Dollar Day. In The Rope—regarded by many as the best of Plautus' plays—the shipwreck of a pimp and his slaves leads to the touching reunion of a father and his daughter, while Amphitryo, Plautus's only excursion into divine mythology, offers a cheerful account of how Jupiter became father to Hercules.

      For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in

      Table of Contents
      The Rope and Other PlaysIntroduction

      The Ghost Mostellaria

      The Rope Rudens

      A Three-Dollar Day Trinummus

      Amphitryo

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