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Epidicus by Plautus : an annotated Latin text, with a prose translation / by Catherine Tracy.
Van Pelt Library PA6570.E6 T73 2021
Available
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Plautus, Titus Maccius, author.
- Language:
- English
- Latin
- Subjects (All):
- Plautus, Titus Maccius. Epidicus.
- Plautus, Titus Maccius.
- Greece--Drama.
- Greece.
- Genre:
- Drama.
- Physical Description:
- 6, 184 pages ; 27 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, UK : Open Book Publishers, [2021]
- Summary:
- This parallel edition in both Latin and English, with its accessible introduction and comprehensive notes, guides the reader through this popular Roman play. Tracy explores Epidicus's roots in Greek drama, its rich social resonances for a Roman audience and its life in performance. She transforms Plautus' colloquial Latin poetry into lively modern English prose, illuminating the play's many comedic references to the world of the Roman republic.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the William Alexander Lamberton Fund.
- Contains:
- Container of: Plautus, Titus Maccius. Epidicus.
- Container of: Plautus, Titus Maccius. Epidicus. English (Tracy)
- ISBN:
- 9781800642850
- 1800642857
- 9781800642843
- 1800642849
- OCLC:
- 1287919959
- Publisher Number:
- 99989522206
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