Tit makcije plaut i plautovska komedija najveci rimski komediograf, tit makcije plaut titus maccius plautus roden je u umbrijskom gradu sarsini izmedu 254. The title literally means the little pot, but some translators provide the pot of gold, and the plot revolves around a literal pot of gold which the miserly protagonist, euclio, guards zealously. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages. Pdfcreator download for free, download pdf printer, pdf writer, pdf. The greek aulularia a study of the original of plautus. Aulularia is a latin play by the early roman playwright titus maccius plautus. Euclios distress 9 at seeing any smoke escape from his house seems at least to suggest that plautus may have borrowed the aulularia from menander. An important addition to contemporary scholarship on plautus and plautine comedy, provides new essays and fresh insights from leading scholars a companion to plautusis a collection of original essays on the celebrated old latin period playwright. A brilliant comic poet, plautus moved beyond writing latin versions of greek plays to create a uniquely roman cultural experience worthy of. Use acrobat standard to create, edit, sign, and track your pdf.
The swaggering soldier, titus maccius plautus book summary. At the same time, the roman republic was expanding in power and influence. Titus maccius plautus sarsinae in umbria, hodie in aemiliaromania, natus anno ignoto romae floruit et mortuus est anno 184 a. The favor of his lar, or household god, enables euclion to dig up a pot of gold, buried beneath the hearth by his grandfather. Little is known of the life of titus maccius plautus. Titus maccius plautus, better known simply as plautus actually a nickname meaning flatfoot, was, between c. Amphitryo, asinaria, aulularia, bacchides, captivi amphitryon, the comedy of asses, the pot of gold, the two bacchises, the captives, p.
The play, based on the aulularia of roman comic playwright plautus, recasts the ancient comic figure of the miser who is inhuman in his worship of money and all too human in his need for respect and affection. The following translation originally appeared on a website hosted by the university of richmond. Little is known for certain about the life and personality of plautus, who ranks with terence as one of the two great roman comic dramatists. Euklion, skrti starac, nade, sav u cudu, u svom domu, zakopan, cup zlata. Open library is an open, editable library catalog, building towards a web page. His plays are the earliest complete surviving works from latin theatre and they are noted for adding even more outrageous comedy to traditional comic plays. The pot of gold a longman latin reader addison wesley on. Maccius plautus, aulularia, or the concealed treasure, act 1. This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. Hide browse bar your current position in the text is marked in blue. Premda je komedija sacuvana nepotpuno i izvorni zavrsetak je. Wolf gunther plaut, cc oont november 1, 1912 february 8, 2012 was a reform rabbi and author. The play, based on the aulularia of roman comic playwright plautus, recasts the ancient comic figure of the miser who is inhuman in his worship of money and all too human in his need for respect and affection read more. Even though this is one of plautus most famous comedies, we do not know for certain who wrote the original and when the latin work was performed first.
Italydied 184 bce, great roman comic dramatist, whose works, loosely adapted from greek plays, established a truly roman drama in the latin language life. Adobe acrobat standard dc lets you simplify everyday tasks with the trusted pdf writer solution. Plautus article about plautus by the free dictionary. V ramci skupiny msg nabizime vice nez 70 let zkusenosti v mezinarodnich projektech. In the amphitruo plautus stages an imaginary world of mischievous gods and bewildered mortals, a place where personal identities, literary sources, and genre expectations are all in flux and a magically long night is center stage and played for. Amphitryon or amphitruo is a latin play for the early roman theatre by playwright titus maccius plautus. It is generally assumed that the aulularia is based on a play by menander, but of course there are other possibilities as well. Amphitruo, aulularia, pseudolus, miles gloriosus, rudens. Oct 24, 2016 the aulularia is a comedy by the early poet plautus about 200 bce who transformed plays of greek new comedy, especially menander, into typical roman plays. With notes critical and exegetical and an introduction on plautian prosody. It employs stock characters including a miser, young lovers. First new translation in 30 years and comprehensive commentary for over a century.
Digital libraries initiative, phase 2 provided support for entering this text. Prologo euclione vecchio stafila vecchia serva eunomia matrona megadoro vecchio strobilo servo di megadoro congrione cuoco antrace cuoco pitodico servo di megadoro liconide giovane servo di liconide fedria fanciulla, figlia di euclione flautiste frigia e eleusio, personaggi muti. Some of the social themes prevalent in this piece have been discussed below. Pdf writer windows 10, windows 8, windows server 2012. Dramatis personae the household god of euclio, the prologue. Tit makcije plaut skrtac pripreme za maturu sjedi 5. The social themes in plautus aulularia 311 pot of gold and, charging that fides has not kept faith and that it took a crow to save him, announces that he will hide it outside the city walls in a thick and lonely grove of silvanus, the woodland god, whom he trusts more.
His plays, adapted from those of greek new comedy, are popular and vigorous rep. Free pdf printer and other freeware create pdf documents from windows applications convert microsoft access databases to mysql. Miles gloriosus, menaechmi, bacchides, hecyra and adelphoe hackett publishing co. His comedies are the earliest latin literary works to have survived in their entirety. In the latin play there are several references to the luxurious.
Molieres 17thcentury lavare the miser is the most famous of the later comedies inspired by the aulularia. Very slender evidence connects the aulularia with some unknown play of menanders in which a miser is represented. This text was converted to electronic form by professional data entry and has been proofread to a medium level of accuracy. It was, however, adapted from a greek original, the dyscolus by menander ca. Negdje u to vrijeme, mladi je likonid obljubio mu kcer. The play on which he based his aulularia the pot of gold has not survived.
Great interest lies in the imaginative metre and the archaic language of plautus work, whose 20 plays are the oldest substantial surviving documents in this language. Plauto, tito macio comedias i anfitri n biling e pdf. His theatrical genius, vitality, farcical humor, and control of the latin language rank him as romes greatest comic playwright. The aulularia of plautus and its greek original the.
Cutepdf convert to pdf for free, free pdf utilities, edit pdf easily. His theatrical genius, vitality, farcical humor, and control of the latin language rank him as romes greatest comic playwright during the 3d century b. He means, that he will make her, body as full of weals from whipping in a cornfield is of ears of corn. This regulation from 186 made it much more difficult to hold such celebrations. Because of many works were written in his tone he is considered to have written over comedies while some believe that he only wrote 21 works that are completely his. Make pdf booklets, impose nup pages, combine pdf files, add watermarks, edit forms, add comments, add headers. Like all classical drama, the aulularia is written in verse, and certain sections are meant to be sung by the actors. A comparative survey of plautus aulularia and its original by. The aulularia or pot of gold was written by the latin playwright plautus ca. The aulularia has always been one of the most popular and most studied of plautus plays, both because of its intrinsic interest and quality and also because of its later influence in the european dramatic tradition.
While euclio is lamenting his loss, lyconides accosts him, with the view of confessing the outrage he has committed on his daughter, and of announcing to him that his uncle, megadorus. The plays ending does not survive, though there are indications of how the plot is resolved in later summaries and a few. The pot of gold, titus maccius plautus book summary. In the large amount of scholarly work which has been devoted to this play the identity of the author of plautus greek model and the alterations which plautus may have made in.
Its main character is euclio, a man who has been plunged into a personal crisis by finding a pot of gold. Titus maccius plautus is the biggest roman comedy writer. The braggart soldier, the brothers menaechmus, the haunted house, the pot of gold oxford worlds classics, and five comedies. Plaut was the rabbi of holy blossom temple in toronto. Najprije je radio kao radnik na pozornici u rimu, a zatim je dosta putovao i trgovao, ali u trgovini nije imao srece. Nunc quoquo venias plus plaustrorum in aedibus videas quam ruri, quando ad villam veneris. Strahujuci za to blago, smjesta ga je sakrio u neku rupu, pod zid.
Although an old miser is the principal character in the play, the real hero, or heroine, is the pot. The most popular ones are aulularia or the pot of gold and maneachmi. Auluaria by titus maccius plautus, a performance sponsored by the classical studies department at the luther jenkins greek theater, university of richmond, april 1992. Maccius plautus, aulularia, or the concealed treasure. Pdf writer create pdf documents from any windows application supports citrix metaframe, windows terminal server and windows 10, 8, 7, vista, xp.
Strobilus, the servant of lyconides, watches his movements, and, having discovered it, carries off the treasure. Aulularia, a latin play by the early roman playwright plautus showcases his dramaturgy at its best. Aulularia is great play that can help historians investigate how slaves were, through plautus humor you can catch how marriage and procreation is done and viewed in ancient athens. Student performance of aulularia at the luther jenkins greek theater, university of richmond, april 1986. The play is mostly extant, but includes several large missing sections in its latter portion. Nov, 2017 performed by students in the classics program at the university of tasmania. Download the free pdf converter and create pdf files from any application with pdf creator. Plautus was a popular comedic playwright while roman theatre was still in its infancy and still largely undeveloped.
Aulularia plot summary plot summary lars 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. Open library is an open, editable library catalog, building towards a web page for every book ever published. Edit pdf files with cutepdf editor a free online pdf editor, free cloudbased pdf reader, view and edit pdf documents on the web quickly without adobe. Click anywhere in the line to jump to another position. He wrote palliata comoedia, the genre devised by the innovator of latin literature, livius andronicus. He worked as a stage worker, actor in rome and then he got himself into some debts and became a slave. Plautus style, filled with folk talk and jokes, became a role model to many other writers. Plauto, tito macio comedias i 3 aulularia biling e pdf. There is also a fairly lengthy reference to festivals of bacchus ll. Best of all, pdf creator is absolutely free for anyone to use. Plautus was sometimes accused of teaching the public indifference and mockery of the gods. Just click print and select cutepdf writer as your printer.
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