Plautus plays most of them can be found in english online at the perseus site. Tema djela je opsjednutost starca blagom sto dovodi do komicnih sukoba. The play on which he based his aulularia the pot of gold has not survived. Its main character is euclio, a man who has been plunged into a personal crisis by finding a pot of gold. The captivi and the mostellaria of plautus, literally translated with notes, ed. But it is fairly formal, even hifalutin, for such robust and earthy material as plautus. This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. First new translation in 30 years and comprehensive commentary for over a century. There is also a fairly lengthy reference to festivals of bacchus ll. Free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by project gutenberg. The digital images were cleaned and prepared for printing. Molieres 17thcentury lavare the miser is the most famous of the later comedies inspired by the aulularia. Little is known of the life of titus maccius plautus. Aulularia je latinski naslov komedije rimskog knjizevnika tita makcija plauta, koja.
The plays ending does not survive, though there are indications of how the plot is resolved in later summaries and a. The project gutenberg ebook of amphitryo, asinaria, aulularia, bacchides. Witwitticismsandhumorofplautus by cjl ailj plautus. He supposedly emigrated to rome to start up a shipping business and write plays on the side to earn extra income. Skrtac aulularia lektira, tit makcije plaut lektire. If you continue browsing the site, you agree to the use of cookies on this website. He means, that he will make her, body as full of weals from whipping in a cornfield is of ears of corn. Aulularia miles gloriosus mostellaria ebook by plauto. Plautus classical and medieval literature criticism essay. Maccius plautus, aulularia, or the concealed treasure, act 1. Aulularia is a latin play by the early roman playwright titus maccius plautus.
The braggart soldier, by plautus page 1 5 the prologues speech is actually taken from the original script and adapted quite a bit. It was originally written for palaestrio to give to the audience a bit of background, however we cut this speech, and then decided to use some of. The aulularia, a title of one the genuine plautine comedies. It was produced from digital images created through the libraries mass digitization efforts.
Like all classical drama, the aulularia is written in verse, and certain sections are meant to be sung by the actors. Titus maccius plautus was born in umbria before 250 bce. Plautus is considered to be one of ancient romes most popular and successful comic playwrights. Lucillus, suggests the french editor, inserted himself in the comedy. The play, based on the aulularia of roman comic playwright plautus, recasts the ancient comic figure of the miser who is inhuman in his worship of money and all too human in his need for respect and affection. The esteem plautus enjoyed among 16thcentury dramatists is clear when shakespeare has polonius in hamlet say, seneca cannot be too heavy nor plautus too light. Immediately download the aulularia summary, chapterbychapter analysis, book notes, essays, quotes, character descriptions, lesson plans, and more everything you need for studying or teaching aulularia. I have simplified my politics into an utter detestation of all existing governments. Although an old miser is the principal character in the play, the real hero, or heroine, is the pot. Plautus classical and medieval literature criticism. Hide browse bar your current position in the text is marked in blue. Maccius plautus, aulularia, or the concealed treasure. The business failed, but his plays made him famous. The greek aulularia a study of the original of plautus.
Plautus, as well as almost every other writer who has ever penned a word. Nunc quoquo venias plus plaustrorum in aedibus videas quam ruri, quando ad villam veneris. The plot of the querolus and the folktales of disguised. Staphyla in plautus aulularia find, read and cite all the. Maccius plautus, aulularia, or the concealed treasure henry thomas riley, ed. As that site is no longer online, i have resurrected the. May 18, 2015 presentazione sulla commedia di plauto aulularia we use your linkedin profile and activity data to personalize ads and to show you more relevant ads.
This book was digitized and reprinted from the collections of the university of california libraries. William shakespeares comedy of errors 1592 reflects the menaechmi and the amphitruo. Amphitryo, asinaria, aulularia, bacchides, captivi amphitryon, the comedy of asses, the pot of gold, the two bacchises, the captives author. One of the supreme comic writers of the roman world, plautus c. The title literally means the little pot, but some translators provide the pot of gold, and the plot revolves around a literal pot of gold which the miserly protagonist, euclio, guards zealously. Euclio is not a bad person, but he cannot cope with his fortune. The favor of his lar, or household god, enables euclion to dig up a pot of gold, buried beneath the hearth by his grandfather. Te argumente nije pisao plaut, vec su dodati kasnije, nakon plautove smrti. Silvani lucus extra murum est avius, crebro salicto oppletus. The development of constructions as illustrated by plautus. Maccii plauti aulularia latin edition titus maccius.
Aug 20, 2005 free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by project gutenberg. This regulation from 186 made it much more difficult to hold such celebrations. As that site is no longer online, i have resurrected the text here. In plautuss comedy the pot of gold, poor euclio strikes upon the buried treasure, which. In some cases they will be expanded into longer entries as the literary encyclopedia evolves. Witwitticismsandhumorofplautus by cjl ailj oct 24, 2016 the aulularia is a comedy by the early poet plautus about 200 bce who transformed plays of greek new comedy, especially menander, into typical roman plays. The following translation originally appeared on a website hosted by the university of richmond. The three characters of plautuss pot of gold aulularia, or the concealed. Aulularia the following translation originally appeared on a website hosted by the university of richmond. Famous quotes containing the words summary andor plot. Pdf on jan 1, 2008, lora l holland and others published euclios solitary slave. Skrtac aulularia lektira, kratak sadrzaj, citati, analiza likova i analiza djela. I testi basati sullequivoco consentivano al lettore del tempo di. Later editors, however, rightly ob jected that on this interpretation the pun on.
Presentazione sulla commedia di plauto aulularia slideshare uses cookies to improve functionality and performance, and to provide you with relevant advertising. With notes critical and exegetical and an introduction on plautian prosody. Great interest lies in the imaginative metre and the archaic language of plautus work, whose 20 plays are the oldest substantial surviving documents in this language. Online books about this author are available, as is a wikipedia article plautus, titus maccius. The subject euclio, a miserly old athenian, has a daughter named ph. The translation for these, done by henry thomas riley, was published in 1912, so its not as archaic as some of the others on the perseus site. The comedies of plautus, literally translated into english prose, with notes 2. You may copy it, give it away or reuse it under the terms of the project gutenberg license included with this ebook or online at.