For more than seventy years, penguin has been the leading. Although the characters bear greek names but they are essentially roman in their mannerism. 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 than faith herself 674676. The play is easy to read and the author makes fun of peoples characteristics. The pot of gold, titus maccius plautus book summary. Plautus plautus download a free copy of henry fieldings the miser, based on plautus. After the death of him who had committed the gold to my keeping, i began to observe. Plautus plays are very easy and quick to read, and this 1965 translation definitely has a modern sensibility to it. Three plays by plautus, translated with introductions and notes. 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. For example, you will find that plautus characters like to cuss a. See also the what is the directory structure for the texts.
Plautus 2004 the pot of gold and other plays, penguin uk. The plays ending does not survive, though there are indications of how the plot is resolved in later summaries and a. The pot of gold or aulularia by plautus is a romantic roman comedy based on a lost new comedy written by the greek playwright menander. Molieres 17thcentury lavare the miser is the most famous of the later comedies inspired by the aulularia. In the meantime, megadorus asks his daughter in marriage, and his proposal is accepted.
Lyconides, on returning the pot of gold, was given permission to marry. The pot of gold book report book summary, characters analysis, plautus biography. The ancient roman writer plautus is one of the most important playwrights in western civilization. Download mary eleanor wilkins freemans the pot of gold for your kindle, tablet, ipad, pc or mobile. Amphitryon, recog nizing the unmistakable signs of divinity, is thoroughly placated. Little is known of the life of titus maccius plautus.
Im the guardian spirit of this household which you saw me coming out from. Digital rights management drm the publisher has supplied this book in encrypted form, which means that you need to install free software in order to unlock and read it. Student performance of aulularia at the luther jenkins greek theater, university of richmond, april 1986. Author plautus, titus maccius subjects plautus, titus maccius. Institute of lifelong learning, university of delhi the pot of gold. The pot of gold by plautus is a story about a pot of gold that was entrusted by euclios grandfather to his deity by burying it in the ground.
Watling pdf, epub ebook d0wnl0ad plautuss broad humor, shown in some of the earliest surviving latin plays, reflects roman manners and contemporary life. The pot of gold aulularia, the prisoners captivi, the brothers menaechmus menaechmi, the swaggering soldier miles gloriosus, and pseudolus. Its main character is euclio, a man who has been plunged into a personal. Audience general summary presents five plays by comic writer plautus that provide insight into the manners and customs of ancient rome. Maccius plautus, aulularia, or the concealed treasure. The pot of gold and other plays by plautus is a collection of plays by the roman dramatist reflecting on the roman society through sarcasm,satire and humour.
In plautus, the old miser euclio keeps his treasured pot of gold hidden and the plot turns on getting his daughter properly married and the gold transferred as her. Aulularia is a latin play by the early roman playwright titus maccius plautus. Comic playwright, author of fabulae palliatae see fabula between c. A pot just crammed with gold hidden in the shrine of faith here. The pot of gold and other plays classics kindle edition. This collection features a varied selection of his finest plays, from the lighthearted comedy pseudolus, in which the lovesick calidorus and his slave try to liberate his lover from her pimp, to the more. The work thus comments satyrically upon a society bonded by the circulation of women, a. The pot of gold and other plays penguin classics by plautus, e. One of the supreme comic writers of the roman world, plautus c. Varro drew up a list of 21 plays which were generally agreed to be by plautus, and doubtless they. The title has been translated as the pot of gold, and the plot revolves around a literal pot of gold which the miserly protagonist, euclio, guards zealously.
For the love of heaven,faith, dont be more faithful to him than to me. The pot of gold and other plays by plautus, paperback. Faq for information about file content and naming conventions. Plautuss broad humor, shown in some of the earliest surviving latin plays, reflects roman manners and contemporary life. Read a play where the main motives are greed, cheapness and gold. One has to read plautus to understand the evolution of comedy genre. The action of the pot of gold lays bare the difference between. The pot of gold download free books pdf epub freeditorial. The pot of gold and other plays plautus download free. The play on which he based his aulularia the pot of gold has not survived. The pot of gold by plautus summary in hindi youtube. The pot of gold by plautus was the basis for molieres miser. Its main character is euclio, a man who has been plunged into a personal crisis by finding a pot of gold.
Guided by the household god, euclio has found the gold buried by his grandfather, because the god wants his kind daughter to have a dowry. The plays ending does not survive, though there are indications of how the plot is resolved in later summaries and a few. The comic confusion of goldpot and honeypot suggests an identification, a reading of the play in which the pot of gold rather obviously represents euclios unseen daughter tellingly reduced to a symbol of her genitalia. Plautuss broad humor, reflecting roman manners and contemporary life, is revealed in these five plays. The pot of gold and other plays by by plautus this the pot of gold and other plays book is not really ordinary book, you have it then the world is in your hands. Euclio is not a bad person, but he cannot cope with his fortune. Watling the pot of gold and other plays penguin classics by plautus, e. Ive trusted my gold to your good faith, laid it away in your grove and shrine. The pot of gold and other plays captures his genius with a collection of famous plays performed in the roman theatre. The pot of gold or aulularia by plautus is a romantic roman comedy based on a lost new comedy written by. Click here if your download doesnt start automatically download the pot of gold and other plays penguin classics pdf read online the. An analysis of plautus the pot of gold themes in pot of gold themes in pot of gold pot of gold plautus theme of pot of gold the pot. For many years already ive been occupying this house and protecting it for the father and grandfather of the man who lives here now. Although he possesses a fourpound pot full of gold 809.
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