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Truculentus
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Truculentus is a comedic Latin play by the early Roman playwright Titus Maccius Plautus. Following the relationships between prostitutes and their customers, it contains perhaps Plautus's most cynical depiction of human nature in comparison with his other surviving plays.
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- Author
- Titus Maccius Plautus
- First published
- 1834
- Editions
- 9
- Subjects
- Acrostics, Bibliothèque Nationale (France). Manuscript. Latin 7889, Courtesans, Drama
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- literary work
- Author
- Plautus
- Genre
- fabula palliata
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Encyclopedic overview
10 sectionsContents
- Plot
- Metrical scheme
- Diniarchus's troubles
- Astaphium visits Strabax
- Phronesium tricks Stratophanes
- Strabax is victorious
- Diniarchus learns the truth
- Translations
- References
- External links
Truculentus is a comedic Latin play by the early Roman playwright Titus Maccius Plautus. Following the relationships between prostitutes and their customers, it contains perhaps Plautus's most cynical depiction of human nature in comparison with his other surviving plays.
The title means "Truculent (or Surly)", referring to the bad-tempered slave who tries to prevent his young master Strabax from wasting money on his love affair with the courtesan Phronesium, but who later himself falls for the charms of her maid Astaphium.
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