Plautus Shelly Goebl-Parker and sometimes unspeakable cruelty

and sometimes unspeakable cruelty

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Plautus Shelly Goebl-Parker and sometimes unspeakable crueltyThe plays translated in this volume represent everything one would not expect either from the third century B. C. playwright Plautus or from Roman comedy in general. A common theme in all three comedies is the triumph of women over men. In Truculentus, prostitutes snare all of the men in the play; in Bacchides, the victims include fathers and sons. In Casina, Plautus creates a fantasy that turns traditional social and sexual roles upside down. The