Pseudolus (Cyclopedia of Literary Places)
At a glance:
- Author: Plautus
- First Published: 191
- Type of Work: Drama
- Type of Plot: Comedy
- Time of Work: Late third century b.c.e.
- Genres: Drama, Comedy
- Subjects: Tricks, Love or romance, Slavery or slaves, Servants, Greek or Roman times, Greece or Greek people
- Locales: Athens, ancient, Greece, ancient
Places Discussed
*Athens. Ancient Greek city that was the center of Greek culture. Although Athens provides the setting for the play, the play might have been set in any Greek city or Rome itself. Plautus adapts—and adds elements to—the New Comedy, as represented by the work of the Greek poet Menander. At the turn of the second century b.c.e., Rome was militarily and economically powerful, in transition from city-state to world empire. Plautus’s models are Greek, but he uses them comically to reflect the social and cultural changes that are producing strains in...
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