Rome and the mysterious Orient : three plays by Plautus / translated with introductions and notes by Amy Richlin.
Still funny after two thousand years, the Roman playwright Plautus wrote around 200 B.C.E., a period when Rome was fighting neighbors on all fronts. These three plays tap into the mix of fear, loathing, and curiosity with which cultures, particularly Western and Eastern cultures, often view each oth...
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