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Also known as Aulularia, The Grumbler, The Pot of Gold

thumb|Start of an excerpt from Querolus, misattributed to Plautus, in a 12th- or 13th-century copy of the ', an anthology of classical authors Querolus' (The Complainer) or Aulularia (The Pot'') is an anonymous Latin comedy from late antiquity, the only Latin drama to survive from this period and the only ancient Latin comedy outside the works of Plautus and Terence.

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Author
Yannick Brandenburg
First published
2023
Editions
5
Subjects
Drama, history and criticism, Classical literature, history and criticism

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10 sections
Contents
  • Title and origins
  • Metre and language
  • Subject matter
  • Plot
  • Dramatic technique
  • Models
  • Reception and modern editions
  • References
  • Notes
  • External links

thumb|Start of an excerpt from Querolus, misattributed to Plautus, in a 12th- or 13th-century copy of the ', an anthology of classical authors Querolus' (The Complainer) or Aulularia (The Pot) is an anonymous Latin comedy from late antiquity, the only Latin drama to survive from this period and the only ancient Latin comedy outside the works of Plautus and Terence.

==Title and origins== In his prologue to the spectators the author first says Aululariam hodie sumus acturi (‘We are going to perform the Aulularia today’), then offers a choice of title: Querolus an Aulularia haec dicatur fabula, vestrum hinc iudicium, vestra erit sententia (‘Whether this play is called Querolus or Aulularia will be your judgement, your decision’). The archetype of the surviving manuscripts seem to have had the title Aulularia, along with a false attribution to Plautus, who had also written an Aulularia. Modern scholars generally use the title Querolus to avoid confusion with Plautus’ Aulularia.

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