by Tito Maccio Plauto · ESPASA CALPE MEXICANA,S.A. · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788423913886
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«Anfitrión. La comedia de la olla» is the classical theater volume by Titus Maccius Plautus, published by Espasa Calpe Mexicana in paperback (137 pages).
The volume brings together two comedies by Plautus: in «Anfitrión», divine misunderstandings around the birth of Hercules unleash a tangle between gods and mortals; in «La comedia de la olla» (Aulularia), a miser finds a pot full of money buried in his house and fears it will be stolen. Humor, misunderstandings and caricature of characters sustain both pieces.
The work belongs to the Austral Collection; the Spanish edition was published in 1993.
Aimed at readers of classical theater and Roman comedy who want to discover two representative plays by Plautus.
Titus Maccius Plautus was a Roman playwright of the Old Latin period. His comedies are the earliest Latin literary works to have survived in their entirety. He wrote Palliata comoedia, the genre devised by Livius Andronicus, the innovator of Latin literature. The word Plautine refers to both Plautus's own works and works similar to or influenced by his. He influenced some of the greatest figures in literature, including Shakespeare and Molière.
