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Pseudolus
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Pseudolus is a play by the ancient Roman playwright Titus Maccius Plautus. It is one of the earliest examples of Roman literature and is a key example of the Fabulae Palliatae which are early Roman Comedies set in a Classical Greek setting. Pseudolus was first shown in 191 BC during the Megalesian Festival, which was a celebration for the Phrygian Goddess Cybele. The temple for worship of Cybele in Rome was completed during the same year in time for the festival.
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- Author
- Titus Maccius Plautus
- First published
- 1836
- Editions
- 14
- Subjects
- Criticism and interpretation, Latin drama, Latin comedy, Theater, Plays, Plautus, titus maccius, Drama (dramatic works by one author), Romanian literature, history and criticism
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Key facts
- Play.name
- Pseudolus
- Play.image
- Duelling men design for the frontispiece of a play PK-T-AW-1637, PK-T-AW-5381b.tiff
- Play.caption
- Design for a frontispiece by Hendrik van Halmael
- Play.writer
- Plautus
- Play.characters
- Simo, Athenian gentleman Calidorus, son of Simo Pseudolus, slave to Simo Callipho, neighbor of Simo Phoenicium, prostitute Ballio, pimp Harpax, slave of an officer Slave boy belonging to Ballio A cook, hired by Ballio Charinus, friend of Calidorus Simia, slave to Charinus
- Play.setting
- a street in Athens, before the houses of Simo, Callipho, and Ballio
- Play.premiere
- 191 BC
- Play.place
- Rome
- Play.orig_lang
- Latin
- Play.genre
- Roman comedy
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- literary work
- Author
- Plautus
- Genre
- fabula palliata
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- language of work or name
- Latin
- title
- Pseudolus
- form of creative work
- play
- entry in abbreviations table
- Pl. Ps.
- work available at URL
- www.projekt-gutenberg.org/plautus/pseudol1/pseudol1.html
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Pseudolus is een toneelstuk van het genre fabula palliata van de oud-Romeinse toneelschrijver Titus Maccius Plautus. Het is een van de eerste voorbeelden van de Latijnse literatuur. Het stuk begint met de kortste proloog dan welke van de andere werken van Plautus ook, toch is het niet zeker of Plautus deze proloog zelf schreef of dat het later is toegevoegd.
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