Ebook: Rome and the Mysterious Orient: Three Plays by Plautus
Author: Amy Richlin
- Tags: Plautus Titus Maccius -- Translations into English. Rome -- Foreign relations -- Drama. East and West -- Drama. Imperialism -- Drama. Colonies -- Drama. Plautus Titus Maccius. Imperialism. Colonies. East and West. Rome -- Foreign relations. DRAMA -- Ancient Classical & Medieval. LITERARY
- Year: 2005
- Publisher: University of California Press
- Edition: 1
- Language: English
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Still funny after two thousand years, the Roman playwright Plautus wrote around 200 B.C.E., a period when Rome was fighting neighbors on all fronts. These three plays tap into the mix of fear, loathing, and curiosity with which cultures, particularly Western and Eastern cultures, often view each other, always a productive source of comedy.
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Still funny after two thousand years, the Roman playwright Plautus wrote around 200 B.C.E., a period when Rome was fighting neighbors on all fronts, including North Africa and the Near East. This Read more...
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