Delphi Complete Works of Plautus (Illustrated)

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By Titus Maccius Plautus

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The Roman playwright Plautus wrote comedies that are the earliest Latin literary texts to have survived in their entirety. Loosely adapted from lost Greek plays, the works of Plautus helped establish a truly Roman drama in the Latin language for the first time. Delphi's Ancient Classics series provides eReaders with the wisdom of the Classical world, with both English translations and the original Latin texts. This comprehensive eBook presents Plautus' complete extant works, with relevant illustrations, informative introductions and the usual Delphi bonus material. (Version 1)

  • Beautifully illustrated with images relating to Plautus' life and works

  • Features the complete extant works of Plautus, in both English translation and the original Latin

  • All 20 extant plays

  • Concise introductions to the plays

  • Features translations by Henry Thomas Riley

  • Excellent formatting of the texts

  • Easily locate the acts you want to read with individual contents tables

  • Includes Plautus' rare plays, first time in digital print

  • Features a bonus biography – discover Plautus' ancient world

  • Scholarly ordering of texts into chronological order and literary genres

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    CONTENTS:

    The Translations

    AMPHITRYON

    ASINARIA

    AULULARIA

    BACCHIDES

    CAPTIVI

    CASINA

    CISTELLARIA

    CURCULIO

    EPIDICUS

    MENAECHMI

    MERCATOR

    MILES GLORIOSUS

    MOSTELLARIA

    PERSA

    POENULUS

    PSEUDOLUS

    RUDENS

    STICHUS

    TRINUMMUS

    TRUCULENTUS

    The Latin Texts

    LIST OF LATIN TEXTS

    The Biography

    INTRODUCTION TO PLAUTUS by Paul Nixon

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  • Delphi Complete Works of Plautus (Illustrated)