Amphitryon, The Comedy of Asses, The Pot of Gold, The Two Bacchises, The Captives

The rollicking comedies of Plautus, who brilliantly adapted Greek plays for Roman audiences c. 205184 BCE , are the earliest Latin works to survive complete and are cornerstones of the European theatrical tradition from Shakespeare and Moliegrave;re to modern times. This first volume of a new Loeb edition of all 21 of Plautusrs"s extant comedies presents Amphitruo, Asinaria, Aulularia, Bacchides, and Captivi with freshly edited texts, lively modern translations, and ample explanatory notes. Accompanying the plays is a detailed introduction to Plautusrs"s Åuvre as a whole, discussing his techniques of translation and adaptation, his use of Roman humor, stage conventions, language and meter, and his impact on the Greco-Roman comedic theater and beyond.