Plautus and Terence

Question 1

Plautus’ plays are

Answer 1

Adapted from Greek originals
Set in Greece
Roman characteristics

Plots featured: love affairs, confusions of identity, conflicts between father and son, clever slaves who outwit their masters

Question 2

Plautus used

Answer 2

Jokes and puns
Stock characters (parasite, lecherous old man)
Music (cantica, operatic arias, duets)

Wrote casina

Question 3

Terence wrote

Answer 3

6 plays, all of which survive

More faithful to Greek model- less roman references

Sympathetic portrayal of human relationships, stock characters

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