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Aulularia (Vitalis Of Blois)
''Aulularia'' is a Latin play by the early Roman playwright Titus Maccius Plautus. 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. The play's ending does not survive, though there are indications of how the plot is resolved in later summaries and a few fragments of dialogue. One scholar, R. L. Hunter, writes of this play: "The ''Aulularia'' has always been one of the most popular and most studied of Plautus' plays, both because of its intrinsic interest and quality and also because of its later influence in the European dramatic tradition." Plot summary ''Lar Familiaris'', the household deity of Euclio, an old man with a marriageable daughter named Phaedria, begins the play with a prologue about how he allowed Euclio to discover a pot of gold buried in his house. Euclio is then shown almost maniacally guarding his gold from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Plautus
Titus Maccius Plautus ( ; 254 – 184 BC) was a Roman playwright of the Old Latin period. His comedies are the earliest Latin literary works to have survived in their entirety. He wrote Palliata comoedia, the genre devised by Livius Andronicus, the innovator of Latin literature. The word Plautine () refers to both Plautus's own works and works similar to or influenced by his. Biography Not much is known about Titus Maccius Plautus's early life. It is believed that he was born in Sarsina, a small town in Emilia Romagna in northern Italy, around 254 BC.''The Concise Oxford Companion to Classical Literature'' (1996) Ed. M.C. Howatson and Ian Chilvers, Oxford University Press, Oxford Reference Online According to Morris Marples, Plautus worked as a stage-carpenter or scene-shifter in his early years. It is from this work, perhaps, that his love of the theater originated. His acting talent was eventually discovered; and he adopted the nomen "Maccius" (from Maccus, a clownis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Ben Jonson
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Marin Držić
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Croats
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Florence
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Giovanni Battista Gelli
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Renaissance
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Aulularia (Vitalis Of Blois)
''Aulularia'' is a Latin play by the early Roman playwright Titus Maccius Plautus. 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. The play's ending does not survive, though there are indications of how the plot is resolved in later summaries and a few fragments of dialogue. One scholar, R. L. Hunter, writes of this play: "The ''Aulularia'' has always been one of the most popular and most studied of Plautus' plays, both because of its intrinsic interest and quality and also because of its later influence in the European dramatic tradition." Plot summary ''Lar Familiaris'', the household deity of Euclio, an old man with a marriageable daughter named Phaedria, begins the play with a prologue about how he allowed Euclio to discover a pot of gold buried in his house. Euclio is then shown almost maniacally guarding his gold from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vitalis Of Blois
Vitalis of Blois was a 12th-century cleric and Latin dramatist. He wrote two elegiac comedies, ''Geta'' and ''Aulularia'', both adaptations of Plautus. The internal evidence of his plays shows him to have been highly educated. His writing can be dated to 1150–1160 at the earliest. The earliest manuscripts date from later in the century. His surname appears in the Latin sources as ''Blexus'', ''Blesis'' or ''Blesensis'', indicating an association with Blois. References to Plato in his work suggest a connection with the school of Chartres, where Plato was much admired at the time. Vitalis own ideas on his work are found in his prologues. In the first, the prologue to ''Geta'', he does not name himself nor his source, Plautus' ''Amphitryon''. He defends modernizing the ancients and criticizes his contemporaries who cannot appreciate new works. In the prologue to ''Aulularia'' (based on Plautus' ''Aulularia ''Aulularia'' is a Latin play by the early Roman playwright Titus Macci ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Querolus
''Querolus'' (''The Complainer'') or ''Aulularia'' (''The Pot'') is an anonymous Latin comedy from late antiquity, the only Latin drama to survive from this period and the only ancient Latin comedy outside the works of Plautus and Terence. Title and origins In his prologue to the spectators the author first says ''Aululariam hodie sumus acturi'' (‘We are going to perform the ''Aulularia'' today’), then offers a choice of title: ''Querolus an Aulularia haec dicatur fabula, vestrum hinc iudicium, vestra erit sententia'' (‘Whether this play is called ''Querolus'' or ''Aulularia'' will be your judgement, your decision’). The archetype of the surviving manuscripts seem to have had the title ''Aulularia'', along with a false attribution to Plautus, who had also written an '' Aulularia''. Modern scholars generally use the title ''Querolus'' to avoid confusion with Plautus’ ''Aulularia''. Date and place of composition are uncertain. Mention of lawlessness ''ad Ligerem'' (‘b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
