Title: Funny words in Plautine comedy
Description: Plautus, Rome's earliest extant poet, was acclaimed by ancient critics above all for his mastery of language and his felicitous jokes; and yet in modern times relatively little attention has been devoted to elucidating these elements fully. Here, Fontaine reassesses some of the premises and nature of Plautus' comedies.
Subjects: Greek influences, Literary style, Language, Latin drama (Comedy), Puns and punning in literature, Plays on words, Plautus, titus maccius, Play on words, Latin drama