Questions relating to the works of Titus Maccius Plautus (c. 254–184 BC).
Questions tagged [plautus]
13 questions
7
votes
1 answer
Who wrote the acrostics that appear at the beginning of Plautus's plays?
Almost every Plautus play that I have read begins with an acrostic that lays out the argumentum. Here's an example from the Menaechmi:
Mercator Siculus, quoi erant gemini filii,
Ei surrupto altero mors optigit.
Nomen surrepticii illi indit qui…
brianpck
- 40,688
- 5
- 94
- 204
3
votes
1 answer
Problems with Plautus ("quem patrem, qui servos est")
In "Captivi" Act 3, Scene 4 (Plautus), between lines 40-45 there is the following dialogue:
HEGIO: plus quidem quam tibi aut mihi nam ille quidem, quem tu hunc memoras esse, hodie hinc abiit Alidem
ad patrem huius.
ARISTOPHANTES: quem patrem qui…
tony
- 8,640
- 3
- 15
- 37