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OverviewThe 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. 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. This book focuses on the Aulularia, a brilliant piece of writing, containing comic scenes of great variety and one character (the old man Euclio), unmatched in surviving Latin drama for vivid presentation and effective development. The play raises very interesting questions about the relation of Roman comedy to the Greek theatrical tradition which lies behind it and its unfinished state has provoked much discussion about how it could have been completed. The Aulularia has given inspiration to a host of works in later European literature from the fifteenth to the twentieth centuries, yet no new edition or commentary has been published in English since 1913. With an introduction that will be of interest to students of literature and classics, there is also a substantial chapter on the rich reception of the play in modern literature as well as a chapter on the Greek original. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Keith Maclennan (Head of Classics at Rugby School, England, from 1964 to 2000.) , Walter Stockert (Privatdozent at the University of Vienna from 1992 to 2010, and occupied the Latin chair at the University of Heidelberg for one term (1998–1999).)Publisher: Liverpool University Press Imprint: Aris & Phillips Ltd Dimensions: Width: 14.70cm , Height: 2.80cm , Length: 21.00cm ISBN: 9781910572375ISBN 10: 1910572373 Pages: 264 Publication Date: 24 October 2016 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsContents Preface Introduction Plautus within his Context The Transmission of the Aulularia The Action of the Aulularia The Lost Ending The Greek Aulularia. The Characters of the Aulularia Stage Business The Date of the Aulularia. The Reception of the Aulularia 3. Text and Translation 4. The Commentary 1. The Argumenta 2. The Prologue 3. The Scenes Euclio-Staphyla (I 1-2) 4. Eunomia-Megadorus (II 1) 5. Euclio-Megadorus; Staphyla (II 2. 3) 6. The Cook-Scenes (II 4-7) 7. Euclio and the Cooks (II 8-III 4) 8. Megadorus-Euclio (III 5-6) 9. Euclio and the Slave (IV 1-6) 10. Lyconides-Eunomia (IV 7) 11. The Treasure gets lost (IV 8-9) 12. Lyconides-Euclio (IV 10) 13. The Exodos (V 1; Fragments) 5. Prosody and Metrics Glossary Prosodics and Metrics Conspectus metrorum 6. Bibliography 7. Index General Index Word-IndexReviewsThis is a welcome book, the first commentary in English for just over a century. Author InformationKeith Maclennan was Head of Classics at Rugby School, England, from 1964 to 2000 Walter Stockert was Privatdozent at the University of Vienna from 1992 to 2010, and occupied the Latin chair at the University of Heidelberg for one term (1998–1999) Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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