TY - BOOK ID - 85166645 TI - Comoediae. AU - Plautus, Titus Maccius AU - Ritschl, Friedrich Wilhelm PY - 2012 SN - 0511710593 110801562X PB - Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, DB - UniCat UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:85166645 AB - The foundation for the modern study of Titus Maccius Plautus rests on this monumental four-volume edition, begun by the eminent German philologist Friedrich Ritschl and completed by his colleagues Gustav Loewe, Georg Goetz, and Fritz Schl̲l. Scrupulously edited from existing manuscripts, including the famed Ambrosian palimpsest, this edition offers valuable insights into the metrics, literary and historical contexts, and textual history of the Latin comedic playwright. Volume 1 (1871-1881) includes Ritschl's indispensable overview of his critical method and his introduction to Trinummus, the only play he finished editing before his death, together with editions of Epidicus, Curculio, Asinaria, and Truculentus. Each play is provided with a preface, analysing the work's structures and themes and explaining its reconstruction from manuscript. ER -