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. … 查看更多內容

Megadorus's slave who organises the wedding preparations in the first half of the play is called Strobilus (lines 264, 334, 351, 354); except that at 363 the heading in the manuscripts says "FITODICVS". The editor Leo, assuming this meant "Pythodicus", … 查看更多內容

• Ramón Emeterio Betances, 1863: Botijuela full text
• Edward Holdsworth Sugden, 1893: Aulularia full text
• Henry Thomas Riley, 1912: Aulularia full text
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Plautus's plays are traditionally divided into five acts; these are referred to below for convenience, since many editions make use of them. However, it is not thought that they go back to Plautus's time, since no manuscript contains them before the 15th … 查看更多內容

The figure of the miser has been a stock character of comedy for centuries. Plautus does not spare his protagonist's various embarrassments … 查看更多內容

Another play, Querolus seu Aulularia, was at one time ascribed to Plautus but is now believed to be a late 4th-century Latin imitation. It provides a kind of sequel in which Euclio dies abroad and informs a parasite of the hiding place of his treasure, which the latter … 查看更多內容

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