PLAUTUS, TITUS MACCIUS.

1764. Full leather. Nice volumes. Patavii, Josephus Cominus 1764. 8°. XLVIII, 454 S., 1 Bl.; 2 Bl., S. 455-830 S., 77 S. Mit einigen Kupferstichvignette und Exlibris. Titus Maccius Plautus[1] (/'pl??t?s/, PLAW-t?s; c. 254 – 184 BC) was a Roman playwright of the Old Latin period. His comedies are the earliest Latin literary works to have survived in their entirety. He wrote Palliata comoedia, the genre devised by Livius Andronicus, the innovator of Latin literature. The word Plautine refers to both Plautus's own works and works similar to or influenced by his. Plautus's comedies are mostly adapted from Greek models for a Roman audience, and are often based directly on the works of the Greek playwrights. He reworked the Greek texts to give them a flavour that would appeal to the local Roman audiences. They are the earliest surviving intact works in Latin literature.