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Plautus
288 pages • first pub -200 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780192838964
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Publication date: Not specified
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Plautus was the single greatest influence on Western comedy. In fact, Shakespeare's Comedy of Errors and Moliere's the Miser are two subsequent classics directly based on Plautine originals. Plautus himself borrowed from the Greeks, but his jokes,...
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Plautus
288 pages • first pub -200 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780192838964
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Publication date: Not specified
Description
Plautus was the single greatest influence on Western comedy. In fact, Shakespeare's Comedy of Errors and Moliere's the Miser are two subsequent classics directly based on Plautine originals. Plautus himself borrowed from the Greeks, but his jokes,...