
by Plauto · IBERIA · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788470820281

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«Comedias» is a collection of comedies by the Roman author Plautus, published by Iberia in paperback (352 pages, in Spanish).
The volume brings together six titles of Roman comedy: «El Gorgojo», «Los cautivos», «Anfitrión», «Los mellizos», «La olla» and «El militar fanfarrón». Plautus presents plots and characters typical of the Latin stage, such as the cunning slave, the miserly old man and the braggart soldier, in versions translated into Spanish.
The edition belongs to the series «Literatura-Obras Maestras Iberia» and includes translation, prologue and notes by Juan B. Xuriguera.
Aimed at readers interested in classical Roman theatre and Greco-Roman classics.

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.
