THE ATHENAEUMAmphitryo, Asinaria, Aulularia, Bacchides, CaptiviPlautus
Drama
Amphitryo, Asinaria, Aulularia, Bacchides, Captivi
Read it in the Library After Dark Or read it as plain textFive comedies by Rome’s great comic playwright, among them the Pot of Gold, whose miser Molière borrowed for L’Avare. Plautus took Greek plots and filled them with Roman slaves, puns and songs. This edition prints the Latin opposite Paul Nixon’s English.
The librarian
- Reading time
- About 8 hours
- Where to find it
- The Latin Reading Room
- Edition
- Project Gutenberg, eBook #16564. In the public domain in the United States.