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Comedy. --- Plautus, Titus Maccius. --- Aulularia (Plautus, Titus Maccius)

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Euclio, a poor peasant, finds a pot of gold which he is terrified of losing; he hides it in his house. He has a daughter Phaedrium who is (unknown to Euclio) pregnant, having been raped by the young man Lyconides. Lyconides' rich uncle Megadorus plans to marry Phaedrium precisely because she is poor. Euclio reluctantly agrees, but when he finds his house full of people preparing for the wedding feast he takes the gold and tries to find somewhere else to hide it. Lyconides' slave becomes aware of this and manages to steal the gold. Meanwhile Lyconides, who is aware of his obligation to Phaedrium, learns of his uncle's plan and gets his mother to persuade his uncle to abandon it. The moment when he explains the situation to Euclio is just the moment when Eulcio has found out that his gold has been stolen. Lyconides soon finds out that his own slave is the thief. From here on the text is lost. The end of the play is given in the ancient summaries: Lyconides gets his slave to give Euclio back his gold. Euclio, understanding that his obsession with keeping the gold caused him only unhappiness, presents both it and his daughter to Lyconides. Provides the first detailed commentary on the text for over a century; Critically examines the various options that have been proposed for the end of the play, its construction and influence on subsequent classical drama; Provides a detailed and comprehensive background to the writing, performance and transmission of the play in its ancient Roman setting.

Latin drama (Comedy) --- Comédie latine --- Latin drama --- Plautus, Titus Maccius. --- Greek drama (Comedy) --- Comédie latine --- Plautus, Titus Maccius. - Aulularia

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Although Renaissance scholars generally agree that Della Porta was the finest comic playwright of his generation in Italy, no detailed analysis of these plays and of their considerable influence outside Italy has previously appeared. One of the most famous men of his time in the field of scientific investigation, Della Porta wrote plays for relaxation and, on occasion, to camouflage controversial aspects of his scientific research from the Inquisitions. Today his works in science are largely forgotten and his right to fame rests on the plays. This book brings together the available facts of Della Porta's rich and often mysterious life and closely examines his dramatic works as part of the Italian literary scene in late Renaissance. Originally published in 1965.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

LITERARY CRITICISM / Drama. --- Porta, Giambattista della, --- Della Porta, Giambattista, --- Porta, Iean Baptiste, --- Porta, J. B. --- Porta, Jean-Batiste, --- Porta, Ioannes Baptista, --- Porta, Joannes Baptista, --- Porta, Iogann Baptist della, --- Porta, Giovanni Battista della, --- Porta, Gio. Battista dalla --- Porta, Io. Baptista --- Porta, Giovanbattista della, --- Porta, Johann Baptista, --- Porta, Giovambattista dalla, --- Porta, John Baptista, --- Porta, G. B. della --- Porta, Giovan Battista della, --- Della Porta, Giovan Battista, --- Dramatists, Italian --- Accademia dei Lincei. --- Albumazar. --- Alessandro Piccolomini. --- Ars Poetica (Horace). --- Asinaria. --- Astolfo. --- Astrology. --- Aulularia. --- Bacchides (play). --- Bartolomeo. --- Benedetto Croce. --- Benedetto. --- Caetani. --- Caricature. --- Carlo Goldoni. --- Classicism. --- Commedia dell'arte. --- Counter-Reformation. --- Divine Comedy. --- Drama. --- Duke of Florence. --- Farce. --- Federico Cesi. --- Francesco Andreini. --- Francesco D'Isa. --- Francis Bacon (artist). --- François Rabelais. --- G. (novel). --- Genre. --- Giambattista Basile. --- Giambattista Marino. --- Giambattista della Porta. --- Giordano Bruno. --- Giovanni Battista. --- Giovanni Francesco Sagredo. --- Girolamo. --- Hyperbole. --- Ibid (short story). --- Ignoramus. --- Il pastor fido. --- In Town (musical). --- Innamorati. --- James Shirley. --- La Spagna. --- La Strada. --- Lazzi. --- Lingua (play). --- Literature. --- Lorenzino de' Medici. --- Luigi Groto. --- Luigi d'Este. --- Massimo. --- Melodrama. --- Melodramma. --- Menaechmi. --- Miles Gloriosus (play). --- Necromancy. --- Neoclassicism. --- Nicolas-Claude Fabri de Peiresc. --- Novella. --- Orazio. --- Orbecche. --- Orlando Furioso. --- Ottava rima. --- Parody. --- Pedant. --- Physiognomy. --- Plautus. --- Playwright. --- Poenulus. --- Pompeo. --- Pomponio Torelli. --- Potboiler. --- Prose. --- Pulcinella. --- Pun. --- Renaissance. --- Romanticism. --- Rudens (play). --- Ruggiero (character). --- S. (Dorst novel). --- Samson Agonistes. --- Sarabande. --- Satire. --- Scipione. --- Sententiae. --- Soliloquy. --- Sophocles. --- Subplot. --- Tartaglia (commedia dell'arte). --- Terence. --- The Parliament of Love. --- The Valet. --- Titinius. --- Tolomeo. --- Torelli. --- Torquato Tasso. --- Tragicomedy. --- Ulisse. --- Zanni.