| #1575582 in Books | 1998-01-01 | 1998-01-01 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | 228.60 x.31 x6.00l,.45 | File type: PDF | 138 pages||2 of 2 people found the following review helpful.| David Christenson's commentary on Plautus's Amphitruo|By Eustathios|This is a review of David Christenson's commentary on Plautus's Amphitruo for the Cambridge green and yellow series. The Amphitruo is a highly exceptional play given that it is the sole example of a comic treatment of a story from Greco-Roman Mythology among Plautus's works. This story is Jupiter's seduction of||"David Christenson has produced an excellent edition that deals effectively with the specifics of the text while providing a comprehensive introduction to the various elements of Plautine comedy. He offers a wealth of information...an excellent bibliography a
This school edition was first published in 1960. It includes an introduction discussing date, sources, revivals, manuscripts, metre, arguments and prologues. The Latin text is accompanied by notes explaining the irregularities of Plautus' syntax and metre, and citing relevant parallels and secondary sources. The volume is completed by an index.
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