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Trinummus
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Trinummus is a comedic Latin play by the early Roman playwright Titus Maccius Plautus. It is called ("The Three Coins") because in the play an imposter () is paid three coins to dress up as a messenger from Syria. According to the prologue, the play is adapted from one called Thesaurus ("The Treasure") by the Greek playwright Philemon.
Key facts
- Play.name
- Trinummus
- Play.image
- Friends embracing design for the frontsipiece of a play PK-T-AW-1640, PK-T-AW-2135.tiff
- Play.caption
- Design for a frontispiece by Hendrik van Halmael
- Play.writer
- Plautus
- Play.setting
- Ancient Athens
- Play.premiere
- late 3rd century BC
- Play.place
- Rome?
- Play.orig_lang
- Latin
- Play.genre
- Roman comedy
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11 sectionsContents
- Plot
- Metrical structure
- Lysiteles wishes to marry
- The dowry proves a problem
- The trick of the hired imposter
- Charmides learns what has happened
- The marriage is arranged
- Translations
- See also
- References
- External links
Trinummus is a comedic Latin play by the early Roman playwright Titus Maccius Plautus. It is called ("The Three Coins") because in the play an imposter () is paid three coins to dress up as a messenger from Syria. According to the prologue, the play is adapted from one called Thesaurus ("The Treasure") by the Greek playwright Philemon.
==Plot== The play opens with a Prologue delivered by the goddess Extravagant Living () and her daughter Poverty (). They explain that the house behind them is occupied by a young man who has used up all his father's money and has become poor.