by Tito Maccio Plauto · SIGNATURA EDICIONES · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788495122643
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Amphitryon is a play by the Latin author Plautus, adapted by Francisco Palencia, Íñigo Palencia and Marcos Checa. The story tells how Jupiter, in love with Alcmena, Amphitryon's wife, pretends to be him to spend the night together. To complete the deception, Mercury, Jupiter's son, disguises himself as Sosias, Amphitryon's servant. Upon returning from the war, the real Amphitryon and Sosias face an identity crisis, as Alcmena insists that they had already returned.
Titus Maccius Plautus 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. He influenced some of the greatest figures in literature, including Shakespeare and Molière.
