Menaechmi The Prologue Is the information provided in the prologue necessary to know before the play Whats in a name Erotium love thing Menaechmus name of a Greek mathematician ID: 622153
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Plautus'
MenaechmiSlide2
The Prologue
Is the information provided in the prologue necessary to know before the play?Slide3
What’s in a name?
Erotium
= love thing
Menaechmus
= name of a Greek mathematician
Peniculus
= little tail
Parasitus
= guestSlide4
Origins of Roman Comedy
What makes this play exotic?
Improv
. vs. Scripted
Timelessness – home and family situations
Did the Romans hunger for pure entertainment or are situations believable?
Do politics play a role in this play at all?Slide5
Stock Characters
What kind of stereotypes do you find in these plays?
Do these plays suggest the superiority of the Roman world in some way?
What do you learn about Roman values from reading Plautus?Slide6
The Roman Theater
First theaters were temporary structures made of wood. Possibly located in the Roman Forum and on the Palatine hill, among other locations.