Plautus
Ti·tus Mac·ci·us [tahy-tuhs mak-see-uhs], /ˈtaɪ təs ˈmæk si əs/, c254–c184 b.c., Roman dramatist.
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Bonnell Thornton died; an English poet, essayist and miscellaneous writer, and translator of Plautus.
The Every Day Book of History and Chronology | Joel MunsellPlautus wrote one hundred and thirty plays, not always for the stage, but for the reading public.
Beacon Lights of History, Volume I | John LordPlautus might be mistaken for a Greek, were it not for the painting of Roman manners, for his garb is essentially Greek.
Beacon Lights of History, Volume I | John LordThe great excellence of Plautus was the masterly handling of language, and the adjusting the parts for dramatic effect.
Beacon Lights of History, Volume I | John LordAristophanes gave him more pleasure than Sophocles, Plautus than Horace, whose merit he thought over-praised.
Bouvard and Pcuchet, part 2 | Gustave Flaubert
British Dictionary definitions for Plautus
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Titus Maccius (ˈtaɪtəs ˈmæksɪəs). ?254–?184 bc, Roman comic dramatist. His 21 extant works, adapted from Greek plays, esp those by Menander, include Menaechmi (the basis of Shakespeare's The Comedy of Errors), Miles Gloriosus, Rudens, and Captivi
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