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Plautus: Casina, Amphitryon, Captivi, Pseudolus
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Focus Item #: 01559
Author(s): David Christenson
ISBN: 978-1-58510-155-9
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Description
This text
provides modern, close translations of the following Plautus comedic plays:
Casina, Amphitryon, Captivi and Pseudolus.
Features
This anthology contains English translations of four plays by one of the
best practitioners of Roman comedy, Plautus. The plays Casina, Amphitryon,
Captivi and Pseudolus provide an introduction to the world of Roman comedy. As
with all Focus translations, the emphasis is on a handsomely produced,
inexpensive, readable edition that is close to the original, with an extensive
introduction, notes and appendices.
Market
Four plays by Plautus in translation for courses in Roman civilization,
Roman comedy, ancient drama, ancient comedy, as taught in departments of
classics at colleges and universities.
About the Author
David Christenson (
Ph.D.
Harvard
University)
is Associate Professor of Classics at the
University of
Arizona.
He is the author of several books including Roman
Comedy: Five Plays by Plautus and Terence and Plautus: Casina, Amphitryon, Captivi, Pseudolus, both published by
Focus Publishing. In 2011-12, he will be a Loeb Classical Library Foundation
Fellow.
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