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Plautus [ˈplɔːtəs] n
(Biographies / Plautus, Titus Maccius (?254 bc-?184 bc) M, Roman, THEATRE: dramatist) Titus Maccius (ˈtaɪtəs ˈmæksɪəs). ?254-?184 bc, Roman comic dramatist. His 21 extant works, adapted from Greek plays, esp those by Menander, include Menaechmi (the basis of Shakespeare's The Comedy of Errors), Miles Gloriosus, Rudens, and Captivi ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
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| Meanwhile students at the universities, also, had been acting Plautus and Terence, and further, had been writing and acting Latin tragedies, as well as comedies, of their own composition. there were Naevius, and Andronicus, and Plautus, and Terentius. |
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