Comedy and the rise of Rome
By: Matthew Leigh.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 241
Subjects: Plautus, Titus Maccius -- Knowledge -- History; Terence -- Knowledge -- History; Latin drama (Comedy) -- History and criticism; History, Ancient, in literature; Literature and history -- Rome; Rome -- Historiography
Description: This study invites the reader to consider Roman comedy in the light of history and Roman history in the light of comedy. It takes issues as diverse as the legal status of the prisoner of war, the ethics of ambush, fatherhood and command, and the clash of maritime and agrarian economies.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [192]-202) and indexes.