Plautus: Curculio

by T. H. M. Gellar-Goad and T.H.M. Gellar-Goad

Book Overview

This is the first book-length study of Plautus' shortest surviving comedy, Curculio, a play in which the tricksy brown-nosed title character ("The Weevil") bamboozles a shady banker and a pious pimp to secure the freedom of the enslaved girl his patron has fallen for while keeping her out of the clutches of a megalomaniacal soldier. It all takes place in the Greek city Epidaurus, the most important site for the worship of the healing god...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1350214337
• ISBN13: 9781350214330
• Release Date: August 2022
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Length: 200 Pages
• Weight: 0.51 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.5" x 8.5"