Introduction

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Table Of Contents v
3. Preface vii
4. Prologue ix
5. Introduction xiii
6. Part I: Plot
7. Turns And Returns In Plautus’ Casina 3
8. A Roman Treasure: Religion, Marriage, Metatheatre, And Concord In Aulularia 13
9. The Divided Self: Plautus And Terence On Identity And Impersonation 43
10. Duplication And The Politics Of Comic De-Structure: Or, Why There Need Not Be Two Slaves, While There Are Two Cooks In The Aulularia 63
11. The Parallel ‘Two Plays’ In Plautus’ Captivi: A Dramatological Reading Of The Comedy 93
12. Gods On High, Gods Down Low: Romanizing Epiphany 105
13. Renewal And Compromise In Plautus’ Mostellaria 127
14. Part II: Plot And Language
15. A Note On Philolaches’ Simile Of The House In Plautus’ Mostellaria 143
16. The ‘Fragments’ Of Plautus’ Captivi 151
17. Part III: Plot, Language, And Reception
18. Reading Plautus’ Trinummus: Who’D Bother? 167
19. Cicero Comicus – Catullus Plautinus. Irony And Praise In Cat. 49 Re–Examined 197
20. Plautinisches Im Ovid: The Amphitruo And The Metamorphoses 225
21. Plautinisches Im Silius? Two Episodes From Silius Italicus’ Punica 259
22. List Of Works 277
23. List Of Contributors 281
24. Index Locorum 285
25. General Index 287