Mostellaria
Sign in to saveMostellaria is a play by the Roman author Plautus. Its name translates from Latin as "The Ghost (play)" (with the word understood in the title). The play is believed to be an adaptation of a lost comedy of the Athenian poet Philemon called Phasma (the Ghost). It is set in a street in the city of Athens.
Book · Open Library
- Author
- Richard Slotkin
- First published
- 1992
- Editions
- 4
- Subjects
- Frontier and pioneer life, Popular culture, Frontier thesis, History, Western films, Political aspects, Political aspects of Western films, In literature
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Key facts
- Play.name
- Mostellaria
- Play.image
- Grupo Balbo - Mostellaria (3348339673).jpg
- Play.caption
- Scene from a modern production
- Play.writer
- Plautus
- Play.setting
- Athens
- Play.premiere
- Late 3rd century BC
- Play.place
- Rome
- Play.orig_lang
- Latin
- Play.genre
- Roman comedy
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Article
15 sectionsContents
- Characters
- Main characters
- Minor characters
- Plot
- Division into acts
- Metrical structure
- The scene is set
- Disaster strikes
- Tranio tricks Theopropides
- Tranio tricks Simo
- Theopropides discovers the truth
- Tranio escapes punishment
- Adaptations
- References
- External links
Mostellaria is a play by the Roman author Plautus. Its name translates from Latin as "The Ghost (play)" (with the word understood in the title). The play is believed to be an adaptation of a lost comedy of the Athenian poet Philemon called Phasma (the Ghost). It is set in a street in the city of Athens.
== Characters == === Main characters === Theopropides – an Athenian merchant Philolaches – Theopropides' son Tranio – Slave owned by Theopropides Philematium – A courtesan who has been set free by Philolaches Callidamates – Friend of Philolaches Simo – Theopropides' neighbour Misargyrides – A moneylender