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Roman comic playwright (c. 254 – 184 BC)
in Plautus' Epidicus," in Studien zu Plautus' Epidicus. Ed. U. Auhagen. (Tübingen 2001), pp. 261–296. Juniper, W.H. "Character Portrayals in Plautus,"
Plautus
Roman noble and political rival of Emperor Nero (AD 33–62)
Antony, and Octavia the Younger. Plautus derived his cognomen from his father's maternal grandfather Lucius Sergius Plautus, and may have used his ancestor's
Rubellius_Plautus
Extinct flightless seabird from the North Atlantic
sites indicated by yellow marks Synonyms List Alca impennis Linnaeus, 1758 Plautus impennis (Linnaeus, 1758) Brünnich, 1772 Pingouin impennis (Linnaeus, 1758)
Great_auk
Ancient Roman play by Plautus
Latin play for the early Roman theatre by playwright Titus Maccius Plautus. It is Plautus’s only play on a mythological subject. The play is mostly extant
Amphitryon_(Plautus_play)
Mother of Heracles
Harvard University Press. London. William Heinemann Ltd. 1914. Plautus. The Comedies of Plautus. Henry Thomas Riley. London. G. Bell and Sons. 1912. Smith
Alcmene
Figure in Greek mythology, husband of Alcmene
treatments instead. Plautus, the Roman comedian, used this tale to present Amphitryon, a burlesque play. The dramatic treatment by Plautus has enjoyed a sustaining
Amphitryon
Species of beetle
Leptostylus plautus is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Monné & Hoffmann in 1981. Bezark, Larry G. A Photographic Catalog
Leptostylus_plautus
Species of fungus
"Pluteus plautus : Satin Shield | NBN Atlas". species.nbnatlas.org. Archived from the original on 2024-12-04. Retrieved 2025-11-27. "Pluteus plautus". www
Pluteus_plautus
Metres used in Plautus and Terence
more frequent in Plautus (41%) than in Terence (22%). The trochaic octonarius is slightly more frequent in Terence (1.5%) than in Plautus (0.6%). On the
Metres_of_Roman_comedy
Metrical feature found in Roman comedy
45. Plautus, Merc. 548. Plautus, Rud. 459. Plautus, Curc, 38. Plautus, Trin.127. Plautus, Mil. 1124. Plautus, Pseud. 69. Plautus, Trin. 398. Plautus, Epid
Brevis_brevians
Species of bird
351. Amadon, Dean; et al. (1970). "Plautus or Plotus Gunnerus, 1761, Plautus Klein, 1760, Plotus Linnaeus, Plautus Brunnich, 1772 (Aves): Proposed rejection
Little_auk
American production company (1959–1967)
needed] along with NBC's Espionage, the only Plautus production produced for a network other than CBS. Plautus Productions was a television subsidiary of
Plautus_Productions
1968 book by Erich Segal
the comedy of Plautus. Cambridge: Harvard University Press. p. 1. Halporn, James W. (1970). "Review of Roman Laughter, the Comedy of Plautus". The Classical
Roman_Laughter
tragedies of Aeschylus, Sophocles and Euripides, and the Roman adaptations of Plautus, Terence and Seneca. In total, there are eighty-three mostly extant plays
List of extant ancient Greek and Roman plays
List_of_extant_ancient_Greek_and_Roman_plays
German classical scholar (1888–1970)
publication of a monograph on the Roman comedian Plautus, Plautinisches im Plautus ('Plautine Elements in Plautus', 1922). The book was developed from his doctoral
Eduard_Fraenkel
Tense used in the Latin language
90. Plautus, Amph. 329. Plautus, Mostell, 993. Plautus, Curc. 566. Plautus, Curc. 549. Plautus, Pseudolus 171. Plautus, Trinummus, 1137. Plautus, Bacch
Latin_tenses
German classical philologist (1806–1876)
– 9 November 1876) was a German scholar best known for his studies of Plautus. Ritschl was born in Großvargula, Prussia. His family, in which culture
Friedrich_Wilhelm_Ritschl
Ancient Near Eastern unit of weight
silver, but Plautus also twice mentions a mina of gold. In the 4th century BC, gold was worth about 10 times the same weight of silver. In Plautus, 20 minae
Mina_(unit)
Species of fly
Sphegina plautus is a species of hoverfly in the family Syrphidae. China. Steenis, J. van; Hippa, H.; Mutin, V.A. (2018). "Revision of the Oriental species
Sphegina_plautus
Genre of drama and literature
outside of plot. The word itself originates with the Roman comic playwright Plautus, who coined the term (tragicomoedia in Latin) somewhat facetiously in the
Tragicomedy
Ancient Roman play by Plautus
Translated by Paul Roche (1968). Three Plays by Plautus. Mentor. Plautus; Translated by Wolfgang de Melo (2011). Plautus, Vol III: The Merchant; The Braggart Soldier;
Miles_Gloriosus_(play)
Extinct ancient Phoenician language
JSTOR 43075544. Riley, Henry Thomas. "The Comedies of Plautus". Perseus Digital Library, Tufts University. Plautus. "Poenulus". The Latin Library. Geppert, C.E
Punic_language
Concept in classical psychoanalysis
421. ISSN 1092-4388. PMID 502504. Fontaine, Michael. "Freudian Slips in Plautus: Two Case Studies" The American Journal of Philology, vol. 128, no. 2,
Freudian_slip
Title in Ancient Rome
Address: From Plautus to Apuleius. Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 78. Dickey, Eleanor (2002). Latin Forms of Address: From Plautus to Apuleius. Oxford:
Dominus_(title)
Dog breed
Grattius, Horace, Lucan, Lucretius, Martial, Nemesianus, Oppian of Apamea, Plautus, Seneca, Statius, and Virgil.[non-primary source needed] The Molossians
Molossian_hound
Latin proverb
variation of the proverb appeared as line 495 in the play Asinaria by Plautus: "Lupus est homo homini, non homo, quom qualis sit non novit", which has
Homo_homini_lupus
Ancient Roman play by Plautus
the first time how Plautus made use of Menander's material. These lines correspond to Bacchides 494–562. It is evident that Plautus adapted, rather than
Bacchides_(play)
Theatrical genre
Greek subjects) and were written by two dramatists: Titus Maccius Plautus (Plautus) and Publius Terentius Afer (Terence). No fabula togata (Roman comedy
Theatre_of_ancient_Rome
Latin cleric and dramatist
or Plautus'", and ends by asserting that "that which was Plautus' is now mine"—which is nonetheless to Plautus' benefit, since he "curtailed Plautus, and
Vitalis_of_Blois
Archaeological site in Tunisia
28-volume treatise on agriculture (Latin translations); the Roman playwright Plautus (c. 250 – 184) in his Poenulus incorporates a few fictional speeches delivered
Carthage
Roman personification/deity of hunger
the Greek Limos. In Stichus (200 BC), a comedy by the Roman playwright Plautus, the ever-hungry Gelasimus, in the role of the parasite, one of the stock
Fames
Ancient Roman play by Plautus
'Aulularia' of Plautus and Its Greek Original". Proceedings of the Cambridge Philological Society (27 (207)): 37–49. ISSN 0068-6735. Plautus: The Pot of
Aulularia
Play by Plautus
considered for merging. › Menaechmi, a Latin-language play, is often considered Plautus' greatest play. The title is sometimes translated as The Brothers Menaechmus
Menaechmi
Viscous water-insoluble liquid
Lapidaire) from Classical Latin oleum, (the earliest extant source being: Plautus, Poenulus) which in turn comes from the Greek ἔλαιον (elaion), "olive oil
Oil
Pendant worn by girls in ancient Rome
while their male counterpart, the bulla, was most popular in Italy. In Plautus' play, Epidicus asks the young girl Telestis: "Don't you remember my bringing
Lunula_(amulet)
Aspect of ancient Roman society
the inmate was engaged the tablet was turned so that this word was out. Plautus speaks of a less pretentious house when he says: "let her write on the
Prostitution_in_ancient_Rome
Genre of ancient Greek literature
adapted by Plautus. Examples include Plautus' Asinaria and Rudens. Based on the translation and adaptation of Diphilus' comedies by Plautus, one can conclude
Ancient_Greek_comedy
1st-century Roman Stoic philosophers opposed to the autocratic rule of certain emperors
the accusation that Plautus "had the arrogance of the Stoics, who breed sedition and intrigue". Under the advice of Musonius, Plautus chose to await death
Stoic_Opposition
Species of beetle
Liparetrus plautus is a species of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae. It is found in Australia (New South Wales). This species belongs to the striatus
Liparetrus_plautus
Indo-European language of the Italic branch
inscriptions and some literary works such as those of the comic playwrights Plautus and Terence and the author Petronius. While often called a "dead language"
Latin
Celtic tribe
tribal district around it, was later adjoined to the city of Carnuntum. Plautus refers to the Boii in Captivi: At nunc Siculus non est, Boius est, Boiam
Boii
Realistic, satirical genre of English literature
plots, and stock characters were imitated by Roman playwrights, such as Plautus and Terence, whose comedies were known to and staged during the Renaissance
Comedy_of_manners
Greek mythological figure
Aelian, Phaon's story is told by Ovid and Lucian. He is also mentioned by Plautus in Miles Gloriosus as being one of only two men in the whole world, who
Phaon
Meter of poetry
trimeter was imitated in Latin by 2nd century BC comic playwrights such as Plautus and Terence, where it is known as the iambic senarius. It is the most commonly
Iambic_trimeter
Latin comedy play by Titus Maccius Plautus
(2011): Plautus, (Loeb Classical Library), vol. 3, p. 448. de Melo, W. (2011): Plautus, (Loeb Classical Library), vol. 3, p. 444. "T. Maccius Plautus, Persa
Persa_(play)
Artwork intended for performance; formal type of literature
based on Greek subjects) and come from two dramatists: Titus Maccius Plautus (Plautus) and Publius Terentius Afer (Terence). In re-working the Greek originals
Drama
Roman comic playwright (c. 195/185 BC–c.159 BC
Terence's death in 158 BC. Like Plautus, Terence adapted Greek plays from the late phases of Attic comedy. Unlike Plautus, however, Terence's writing style
Terence
Ancient Roman play by Plautus
Ballio. Malcolm M. Willcock calls this play "Plautus' masterpiece". He adds: "For the special qualities of Plautus – vigour, wit, invention, the charm of low-class
Pseudolus
Topics referred to by the same term
Persa may refer to: Persa (play), a comedy by the Roman playwright Plautus Perse (mythology) (also Persa or Perseis), an Oceanid and consort of Helios
Persa
Topics referred to by the same term
Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew Grumio, a slave in the play Mostellaria by Plautus This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Grumio
Grumio
Greek mythological hero
Archived from the original on 11 October 2007. Retrieved 1 March 2026. Plautus, Bacchides 953ff. Iliad 9.334–343. "The Iliad", Fagles translation. Penguin
Achilles
Sixteenth-century Italian comedy plays
century. They were meant to mimic and emulate the works of Terence and Plautus. Audiences could expect plentiful use of monologues, asides, over-hearing
Commedia_erudita
Plays of the English playwright
action. Shakespeare would have learned this theory at grammar school, where Plautus and especially Terence were key parts of the curriculum and were taught
Shakespeare's_plays
2024 Japanese anime series
philosophers. Quoted from George Eliot, Daniel Deronda "Homo homini lupus" — Plautus, Asinaria "Man vergisst nicht, wenn man vergessen will." — Friedrich Nietzsche
Classroom of the Elite season 3
Classroom_of_the_Elite_season_3
Harrison). Titus Maccius Plautus (1912). "Asinaria, or The Ass-Dealer". In Riley, Henry Thomas (ed.). The Comedies of Plautus. London: George Bell & Sons
List_of_Latin_phrases_(L)
Roman epic poet and dramatist
appealed to, with Plautus and Ennius, as a master of his art in one of the prologues of Terence. Naevius' comedy, like that of Plautus, seems to have been
Gnaeus_Naevius
Conditional clauses spoken in Latin
est ut praedicās (Plautus) 'and the cause is a good one, if indeed it is as you claim' siquidem mēcum fābulārī vīs, subsequere (Plautus) 'if you want to
Latin_conditional_clauses
Harrison). Titus Maccius Plautus (1912). "Asinaria, or The Ass-Dealer". In Riley, Henry Thomas (ed.). The Comedies of Plautus. London: George Bell & Sons
List_of_Latin_phrases_(full)
Masculine virtue in Ancient Rome
man who was morally upright and concerned with the matters of the state. Plautus in Amphitruo contrasted virtus and ambitio. Virtus is seen as a positive
Virtus
Wife of Odysseus in Greek mythology
worthy family. She is mentioned by various classical authors including Plautus, Propertius, Horace, Ovid, Martial and Statius. The use of Penelope in
Penelope
Gender-defying art
found irresistibly attractive. Plautus. "Menaechmi (Scene II)". monumenta.ch (in Latin). Retrieved 2022-03-15. Plautus. "Menaechmi". Pomona College. Retrieved
Drag_(entertainment)
Stephen Sondheim Broadway musical
Larry Gelbart. Inspired by the farces of the ancient Roman playwright Plautus (254–184 BC), specifically Poenulus, Curculio, Pseudolus, Miles Gloriosus
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
A_Funny_Thing_Happened_on_the_Way_to_the_Forum
attribution to Plautus, who had also written an Aulularia. Modern scholars generally use the title Querolus to avoid confusion with Plautus’ Aulularia. Date
Querolus
Diacritical mark in old Latin
indication of length, in the developed form of the apex. Fontaine suggests that Plautus alludes to the sicilicus in the prologue to Menaechmi. Open O, although
Sicilicus
Poetry of the Latin language
be understood as the adaptation of Greek models. The verse comedies of Plautus, the earliest surviving examples of Latin literature, are estimated to
Latin_poetry
comedy, as 26 Early Latin comedies are extant – 20 of which were written by Plautus; the remaining six were written by Terence. These men modeled their comedies
Latin_literature
American academic (born 1951)
Poenulus – by the Roman playwright Plautus (notably using "references taken right out of American pop culture" to make Plautus more understandable to modern
Amy_Richlin
Plot device
Shakespeare's Comedy of Errors, inspired by Menaechmi and Amphitryon by Plautus. In some cases mistaken identity involves disguise, e.g., accidentally
Mistaken identity (plot device)
Mistaken_identity_(plot_device)
Daughter of Drusus Julius Caesar and Livilla and cousin of Caligula (c. AD 7–43)
of different influential people. They had one attested child, Rubellius Plautus, who was killed on Nero's orders in 62. Juvenal, alludes to another Rubellius
Julia_Livia
Heated red wine with spices
hiding in hot drink, always gloomy and tipsy." - Plautus, CURCULIONIS ACT. II. The reference to Plautus is given in "History of Rome, and of the Roman people:
Mulled_wine
27 BC–476/1453 AD state and civilization
Bowman, Garnsey & Cameron (2005), p. 421 Plautus (2005). Rome and the Mysterious Orient: Three Plays by Plautus. University of California Press. p. 20.
Roman_Empire
Theatrical genre
complete, extant fabulae palliatae are the comedies of Terence and Plautus. Plautus introduced Roman manners and customs to the plays and filled the plays
Fabula_palliata
King of Macedon from 336 to 323 BC
known person to call Alexander "the Great" was a Roman playwright named Plautus (254–184 BC) in his play Mostellaria. Macedon was an Ancient Greek polity;
Alexander_the_Great
Ancient Roman humour
graffiti. Romans sought laughter by attending comic plays (such as those of Plautus) and mimes (such as those of Publilius Syrus). Jokes from these sources
Roman_jokes
Comedy or farce by Titus Maccius Plautus
David M. (2019). Plautus: Casina. Bloomsbury Academic. ISBN 9781350020535 Connors, Catherine (1997). "Scents and Sensibility in Plautus' Casina". The Classical
Casina_(play)
with Plautus. Alternately, Krahmalkov has suggested that there were full Punic translations of the same plays that formed the basis for Plautus' Poenulus
Phoenician–Punic_literature
Ancient Roman play by Plautus
playwright Titus Maccius Plautus. Following the relationships between prostitutes and their customers, it contains perhaps Plautus's most cynical depiction
Truculentus
Ancient Greek poet
characters now primarily associated with the comedies of the Roman playwright Plautus, who translated and adapted a number of Diphilus' plays. Swaggering soldiers
Diphilus
90. Plautus, Amph. 329. Plautus, Mostell, 993. Plautus, Curc. 566. Plautus, Curc. 549. Plautus, Pseudolus 171. Plautus, Trinummus, 1137. Plautus, Bacch
Latin_tenses_with_modality
Roman goddess of war
as—in the prologue to his play Amphitryon—the 3rd-century BCE playwright Plautus lists Bellona alongside Neptune, Virtus, Victoria, and Mars, all of whom
Bellona_(goddess)
Latin language in the period before 70 BC
drama Gnaeus Naevius (c. 264–201 BC), dramatist, epic poet Titus Maccius Plautus (c. 254–184 BC), dramatist, composer of comedies Quintus Ennius (239 –
Old_Latin
Opening to a story that establishes the setting and gives background details
than it was in Athens, and in the careful composition of the poems which Plautus prefixes to his plays we see what importance he gave to this portion of
Prologue
Roman goddess
libations poured with the left hand. The poet Horace and the playwright Plautus called her a goddess of thieves. In Rome, her sanctuary was near the Porta
Laverna
Ancient Roman play by Plautus
being considered for merging. › Mostellaria is a play by the Roman author Plautus. Its name translates from Latin as "The Ghost (play)" (with the word fabula
Mostellaria
Ancient Roman play by Plautus
Compared with other Plautus plays, the unaccompanied iambic senarii form an unusually large part (56%) of the play (the average in Plautus being 35%). Prologue
Poenulus
Ancient Roman play by Plautus
serious treatment of significant themes compared to most of Plautus’ other comedies. Plautus himself points out the difference in tone between this play
Captivi
Loss of political control in antiquity
Damascenus Nonius Marcellus Obsequens Orosius Ovid Petronius Phaedrus Plautus Pliny the Elder Pliny the Younger Pomponius Mela Priscian Propertius Quadrigarius
Fall of the Western Roman Empire
Fall_of_the_Western_Roman_Empire
Athenian comic playwright (c. 342/341 – c. 290 BC)
Ages. It now survives only in Latin-language adaptations by Terence and Plautus and, in the original Greek, in highly fragmentary form, most of which were
Menander
3. n. 47. Pope John XXIII, Journal of a Soul, pp. 154–155 "T. Maccius Plautus, Cistellaria, or The Casket, act 1, scene 1". www.perseus.tufts.edu. Retrieved
List_of_Latin_phrases_(A)
Minor plebeian family at ancient Rome
Maccius Plautus, but a number of Macci are known from inscriptions. The nomen Maccius is likely of Umbrian or Oscan origin. The playwright Plautus was from
Maccia_gens
1525 comedy by Niccolò Machiavelli
Machiavelli, written in 1525. The work is based upon a classical play by Plautus, called Casina. The plot centres on a lecherous Florentine named Nicomaco
Clizia
Species of butterfly
(Röber, 1894) – Java P. h. fallacides (Fruhstorfer, 1895) – Nias P. h. plautus (Fruhstorfer, 1898) – Singapore P. h. chersonesus (Fruhstorfer, 1898) –
Polyura_hebe
Genre of prose fiction with a roguish hero
ancient influences of the picaresque genre include Roman playwrights such as Plautus and Terence. The Golden Ass by Apuleius nevertheless remains, according
Picaresque_novel
Elegiac comedy by Vitalis of Blois
Comedies, trans. Alison Goddard Elliott (New York: Garland, 1984). Plautus, Plautus, trans. Paul Nixon (New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1916). John K. Ryan
Geta_(comedy)
performed as part of the academic drama tradition include Aristophanes, Plautus, Seneca the Younger, and Terence. Neo-Latin or New Latin dramas as they
Academic_drama
Culturological concept
dell'arte, Burlesque, Vaudeville Gilles Deleuze Heteroglossia Materialism Plautus' Amphitruo Profanity, obscenity, decency, taste, aesthetic relativism Raven
Grotesque_body
Guardian deities in ancient Roman religion
'heroes' and 'daimones' as translations of Lares; the early Roman playwright Plautus (circa 254–184 BC) employs a Lar Familiaris as a guardian of treasure on
Lares
Roman empress from AD 49 to 54
bring up Plautus in 55, Tacitus, Annals XIII.19; Silana is recalled from exile after Agrippina's power waned, Tacitus, Annals XIV.12; Plautus is exiled
Agrippina_the_Younger
Ancient Roman comedy by Plautus
an ancient Roman comedy written by Plautus in the 3rd or 2nd century BC. It is said to have been one of Plautus's favorite works. Epidicus is the name
Epidicus
Topics referred to by the same term
Curculio, a Latin comedic play for the early Roman theatre by Titus Maccius Plautus Therapontigonus (weevil), a beetle genus in the tribe Peritelini This disambiguation
Therapontigonus
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Australian, British, English, French
Battle
Female
Yiddish
(×‘Ö¼Ö°×¨Ö·×™×™× Ö¸×) Yiddish name BRINA means "brown."
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General to whom the prophet
Boy/Male
Arabic, Hindu, Indian, Muslim, Sindhi
Full Moon
Girl/Female
Muslim
Some distance
Female
English
Anglicized form of Irish Gaelic Meadhbh, MAEV means "intoxicating."
Girl/Female
Biblical
Coldness, target, weapon.
Boy/Male
Irish
Bear.
Girl/Female
Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Malayalam, Punjabi, Sikh, Tamil
New Shine
Boy/Male
Muslim
Fruit in Jannat anaar, Pomegranate
PLAUTUS
PLAUTUS
PLAUTUS
PLAUTUS
PLAUTUS
n.
A name given to various species of arctic sea birds of the family Alcidae. The great auk, now extinct, is Alca (/ Plautus) impennis. The razor-billed auk is A. torda. See Puffin, Guillemot, and Murre.