Catherine Tracy, "Epidicus by Plautus: An Annotated Latin Text, with a Prose Translation"
English | ISBN: 1800642857 | 2021 | 198 pages | PDF | 3 MB
English | ISBN: 1800642857 | 2021 | 198 pages | PDF | 3 MB
Epidicus, a light-hearted comedy by Plautus about the machinations of a trickster slave and the inadequacies of his bumbling masters, appears here in both its original Latin and a sparkling new translation by Catherine Tracy. Epidicus, the cunning slave, is charged with finding his master's illegitimate daughter and the secret girlfriend of his master's son, but a comedy of mistaken identities and competing interests ensues. Amid the mayhem, Epidicus aims to win his freedom whilst risking some of the grislier punishments the Romans inflicted on their unfortunate slaves.
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