Amphitryo

A thorough and modern commentary on Plautus' classic comedy Amphitryo, including the 15th-century supplement for the lost scenes. With vocabulary and brief notes on meter.

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Plautus
Text and Commentary by Anne Mahoney

2004 - 164 pp. - Imprint: Focus

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Paper 978-1-58510-091-0
$19.95
Examination 978-1-58510-091-0
$3.00

A thorough and modern commentary on Plautus' classic comedy Amphitryo, including the 15th-century supplement for the lost scenes. With vocabulary and brief notes on meter.

Reviews:

"The book consists of five major parts: a concise introduction (pp. 1-9), the text with facing notes in Latin (11-83), followed by longer notes in English (85-124), and concluding vocabulary lists (125-163).”
     "The introduction provides fundamental information on Plautus’ life, his place in the history of Roman literature, grammar, and meter.
     "The facing notes are written in Latin. At first sight, one would ask, a commentary written in Latin for intermediate students, could this be fruitful? Now I would say ‘yes.’
     "The longer notes following are written in English. They are meant to be used for more detailed literary and linguistic study.”
     "The concluding lists of vocabulary provide some good support.
     "Mahoney has managed to write a comprehensible and thought-provoking commentary for inexperienced readers."
     —A. Fuchs, Universität Rostock, in Bryn Mawr Classical Review