PLAUTUS TITUS-MACCIUS

ΠΛΑΥΤΟΣ: Ο ΚΑΥΧΗΣΙΑΡΗΣ ΣΤΡΑΤΙΩΤΗΣ
Το πρώτο μέρος της μελέτης προσφέρει μια εκτενή εισαγωγή στο ρωμαϊκό θέατρο και τη Ρωμαϊκή Κωμωδία. Σημαντικό τμήμα είναι αφιερωμένο στη δομή, στη διάρθρωση της πλοκής, στα πρόσωπα, στους χαρακτήρες και στη θεατρική διάσταση του Miles gloriosus. Η εισαγωγή περιλαμβάνει επίσης και πιο εξειδικευμένες σύντομες ενότητες σχετικά με το μέτρο και τη χειρόγραφη παράδοση των κωμωδιών του Πλαύτου. Το δεύτερο τμήμα του βιβλίου ανήκει στο έργο καθαυτό. Πρωτότυπο κείμενο και μετάφραση παρατίθενται αντικριστά, ενώ το κείμενο της μετάφρασης έχει εμπλουτι...
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ΤΙΤΟΥ ΜΑΚΚΙΟΥ ΠΛΑΥΤΟΥ: ΤΟ ΠΑΛΑΜΑΡΙ
Μολονότι η έκθεση αυτή απευθύνεται στο ευρύ αναγνωστικό κοινό, προσπάθησα να λάβω υπόψη μου όχι μόνο την επιθυμία του μέσου αναγνώστη να περάσει την ώρα του ευχάριστα διαβάζοντας ένα δείγμα λατινικού γραμματειακού είδους το οποίο, δυστυχώς, είναι ελάχιστα γνωστό στο ελληνικό κοινό, αλλά και τις ακαδημαϊκές ανάγκες του φοιτητή της Λατινικής Φιλολογίας και της Θεατρολογίας. Μετέφρασα το Παλαμάρι για πρώτη φορά το καλοκαίρι του 1992 στην Γλασκώβη, όπου δίδασκα το κείμενο αυτό σε προπτυχιακούς φοιτητές στο πλαίσιο ενός μαθήματος για τη ρωμαϊκή...
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(P/B) CASINA
Plautus' Casina is a lively and well composed farce. The plot, which concerns the competition of a father and his son for the same girl and the various scurrilous tricks employed in the process, gives full scope to Plautus' inventiveness and richly comic language. The editors' aim is to establish the play as one of the liveliest of ancient comedies, and in their introduction and notes to make the reader continually aware of the conditions of an actual stage performance. They discuss the background and conventions of Roman comedy and by off...
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ΑΜΦΙΤΡΥΩΝΑΣ
(. . .) Ο «Αμφιτρύωνας» είναι η μόνη κωμωδία του Πλαύτου, από τις σωζόμενες, που παίζουν σ' αυτή θεοί και μυθικά πρόσωπα. (. . .) Ο Πλαύτος δεν είναι ένας απλός μεταφραστής - διασκευαστής ελληνικών έργων. Υπερβαίνει τις ιδιότητες αυτές, και χάρη στην πηγαία προσαρμοστική του ικανότητα, το αλάθευτο θεατρικό του ένστικτο αναδημιουργεί, μεταμορφώνει τα δάνεια σε πρωτότυπο, σε ρωμαϊκό θέατρο, τη ρίζα και την αφετηρία για την υστερότερη ευρωπαϊκή κωμωδιογραφία. (. . .) (ΑΠΟ ΤΗΝ ΕΙΣΑΓΩΓΗ ΤΗΣ ΕΚΔΟΣΗΣ)...
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(H/B) PLAUTUS (VOLUME I)
The rollicking comedies of Plautus, who brilliantly adapted Greek plays for Roman audiences c. 205-184 BCE, are the earliest Latin works to survive complete and are cornerstones of the European theatrical tradition from Shakespeare and Moliere to modern times. This first volume of a new Loeb edition of all 21 of Plautus’s extant comedies presents Amphitruo, Asinaria, Aulularia, Bacchides, and Captivi with freshly edited texts, lively modern translations, and ample explanatory notes. Accompanying the plays is a detailed introduction to Plau...
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(P/B) THE ROPE AND OTHER PLAYS
Brilliantly adapting Greek New Comedy for Roman audiences, the sublime comedies of Plautus (c. 254 -184 bc ) are the earliest surviving complete works of Latin literature. The four plays collected here reveal a playwright in his prime, exploring classic themes and developing standard characters that were to influence the comedies of Shakespeare, Moli?re and many others. In The Ghost, a dissolute son who has squandered his father's money is thrown into disarray when he returns from abroad, a theme that is explored further in the comedy of e...
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(P/B) FOUR COMEDIES
Plautus was the single greatest influence on Western comedy. Shakespeare's Comedy of Errors and Moliere's The Miser are two subsequent classics directly based on Plautine originals. Plautus himself borrowed from the Greeks, but his jokes, rapid dialogue, bawdy humour, and irreverent characterizations are the original work of an undisputed genius. The comedies printed here show him at his best, and professor Segal's translations keep their fast, rollicking pace intact, making these the most readable and actable versions available. His intro...
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(P/B) PLAUTUS: MENAECHMI
Menaechmi is one of Plautus' liveliest and most entertaining comedies, the main inspiration for Shakespeare's The Comedy of Errors. Dr Gratwick's edition brings new light to bear on the interpretation of the play and on Plautus' place in the development of European comedy. Central to his treatment is the fact that Plautus was a dramatist who wrote to be heard rather than to be read. The various metres which he subtly and flexibly exploited for musical and dramatic effect are here explained in a way that challenges many received views but a...
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(P/B) PLAUTUS: MILES GLORIOSUS
Miles Gloriosus or "Braggart Warrior" is one of the best-known and liveliest Roman comedies. It shows Plautus at his ablest in ingenious plot construction, vivid characterization, fast-moving action, and humorous dialogue. This edition of the Latin text is fully and very helpfully annotated. The substantial introduction considers the antecedents of Plautus’s drama in Greek New Comedy and in Italic farce, his mixture of Greek and Roman both in language and in the life portrayed, and his stagecraft, language, and meter. (from the publisher)...
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(H/B) PLAUTUS (VOLUME III)
PLAUTUS (Titus Maccius), born about 2 54 EC at Sarsina in Umbria, came to Rome, engaged in work connected with the stage, lost his money in commerce, then turned to writing comedies. Twenty-one plays by Plautus have survived (one is incomplete). The basis of all is a free translation from comedies by such writers as Menander, Diphilus, and Philemon. So we have Greek manners of Athens about 300-250 BC transferred to the Roman stage of about 225-185, with Greek places, people, and customs, for popular amusement in a Latin city whose own cult...
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(H/B) PLAUTUS (VOLUME IV)
PLAUTUS (Titus Maccius), born about 2 54 EC at Sarsina in Umbria, came to Rome, engaged in work connected with the stage, lost his money in commerce, then turned to writing comedies. Twenty-one plays by Plautus have survived (one is incomplete). The basis of all is a free translation from comedies by such writers as Menander, Diphilus, and Philemon. So we have Greek manners of Athens about 300-250 BC transferred to the Roman stage of about 225-185, with Greek places, people, and customs, for popular amusement in a Latin city whose own cult...
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(H/B) PLAUTUS (VOLUME II)
PLAUTUS (Titus Maccius), born about 2 54 EC at Sarsina in Umbria, came to Rome, engaged in work connected with the stage, lost his money in commerce, then turned to writing comedies. Twenty-one plays by Plautus have survived (one is incomplete). The basis of all is a free translation from comedies by such writers as Menander, Diphilus, and Philemon. So we have Greek manners of Athens about 300-250 BC transferred to the Roman stage of about 225-185, with Greek places, people, and customs, for popular amusement in a Latin city whose own cult...
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(H/B) PLAUTUS (VOLUME V)
PLAUTUS (Titus Maccius), born about 2 54 EC at Sarsina in Umbria, came to Rome, engaged in work connected with the stage, lost his money in commerce, then turned to writing comedies. Twenty-one plays by Plautus have survived (one is incomplete). The basis of all is a free translation from comedies by such writers as Menander, Diphilus, and Philemon. So we have Greek manners of Athens about 300-250 BC transferred to the Roman stage of about 225-185, with Greek places, people, and customs, for popular amusement in a Latin city whose own cult...
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