bookbestseller Posted May 26 Report Share Posted May 26 George Fredric Franko, "Plautus: Mostellaria "English | ISBN: 1350188417 | 2022 | 176 pages | EPUB | 2 MBPlautus' Mostellaria is one of ancient Rome's most breezy and amusing comedies. The Description is ridiculously simple: when a father returns home after three years abroad, a clever slave named Tranio devises deceptions to conceal that the son has squandered a fortune partying with pals and purchasing his prized prostitute's freedom. Tranio convinces the gullible father that his house is haunted, that his son has purchased the neighbor's house, and that he must repay a moneylender. Plautus animates this skeletal Description with farcical scenes of Tranio's slapstick abuse of a rustic slave, the young lover's maudlin song lamenting his prodigality, a cross-gender dressing routine, a drunken party, a flustered moneylender, spirited slaves rebuffing the father, and Tranio hoodwinking father and neighbor simultaneously. This is the first book-length study ofRead moreRapidGatorhttps://rg.to/file/93188b92635eb88a570d4fef21c57f1e/ze6tw.7z.htmlFileaxahttps://fileaxa.com/4a3tn1hsmclf/ze6tw.7z[b]FilesPayouts[/b]https://filespayouts.com/hpzlizr9spgt/ze6tw.7zFikperhttps://fikper.com/MrGmm3X46r/ze6tw.7z.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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