Examples of 'plautus' in a sentence

Meaning of "plautus"

plautus (noun): Refers to Titus Maccius Plautus, a Roman playwright known for his comedic works during the ancient Roman Republic. His plays often featured lively characters, humorous plot twists, and elements of farce, influencing later comedic traditions in Western literature
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  • A Roman comic playwright (c. 254 – 184 BC) of the Old Latin period.

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Plautus perhaps does this to demoralize the characters.
This paper analyses the feminine performance in play epidicus of plautus.
Plautus was considered a loving husband and father.
This metre is used only by Plautus.
Plautus was apparently read in the ninth century.
No plays delight me except those of Plautus.
Plautus employed the use of proverbs in many of his plays.
The language and style of Plautus are not easy or simple.
Plautus is also celebrated as a developer of characterisation and a master of verbal acrobatics.
In this same scene Plautus also displays its negative effects.
Plautus tells us of the.
Seneca can not be too heavy nor Plautus too light.
Plautus was sometimes accused of teaching the public indifference and mockery of the gods.
He studied ancient drama and made a study of the comedies of Plautus.
Plautus attained such a popularity that his name alone became a hallmark of theatrical success.

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Dumézil states such a use is attested three times in Plautus.
Those of Plautus are known for their vulgarity.
He was recognised as an authority on Plautus.
Leptostylus plautus is a species of beetle in the Cerambycidae family.
Confused status frequently results in plot complications in the comedies of Plautus and Terence.
Plautus in his play Curculio refers to it.
It has been suggested that Plautus alludes to the sicilicus in the prologue to Menaechmi.
Plautus wrote for the masses and became a very popular playwright in Rome.
One of the most important echoes of Plautus is the stock character of the parasite.
This scene from the theatre on a mosaic from Sousse recalls a comedy by Plautus.
Conte has noted that Plautus favors the use of cantica instead of Greek meters.
Miles Gloriosus is the title of a play of Plautus.
The dramatic treatment by Plautus has enjoyed a sustaining presence on the stage since its premiere.
He is best known for his work on Plautus and Terence.
As Plautus put it so well in the Miles.
They are fairly frequent in Plautus but rarer in Terence.
It is a loose reworking of the classic play Menaechmi by the Roman writer Plautus.
Influences of Plautus and Terence could also be found.
Based on the plays by Plautus.
The poetry of Menander and Plautus is best juxtaposed in their prologues.
Based on the plays of Plautus.
The writers Plautus and Lucian also wrote stories about haunted houses.
As that good Plautus saith.
In general it appears that Terence changes mode more frequently than Plautus.
Soon little will remain of the palimpsest of Plautus in the Ambrosian Library.
Plautus Productions was a television subsidiary of Paramount Pictures.
Under the name of Plautus.
It seems more likely that Plautus was just experimenting putting Roman ideas in Greek forms.
In the words of Plautus.
Titus Maccius Plautus was an extremely popular Roman comedy writer.
The authors landscapes were among other famous Plautus and painter Terence.
Plautus was apparently read in the 9th century.
The poet Horace and the playwright Plautus call her a goddess of thieves.
It is commoner in Terence than in Plautus.
Greek writer Lucian and Roman writer Plautus have also written many horror stories.

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