The Original Element in Plautus
The Original Element in Plautus
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838). The word rex meaning "patron" is found Capt. 92 and Stick. 445, and recurs in Juvenal^ for the historic glutton who dined in sohtary state off "the choicest dainties of land and sea. " The most important passage in this respect is Men. 571-601, where the first Menaechmus laments the irresistible impulse which sets every man of wealth to collect as many "chents" as possible ; whether they were good or bad, poor or well to do, it mattered nothing, so long as he had a larger retinue of depen...dents than had his neighbours ; and he continually paid the price for his vanity by having to extricate his chents from the clutches of the lawcourt or the comitia when, by their excessive prochvity to perjury and usury, they found themselves in difficulties beyond their power to escape.
The parasite was a stock character in the New Comedy. He was a hanger-on with a view to being invited out to dinner. He was transferred to the Roman imitations of Greek comedy, ^ Optima siluarum interea pelagique uorahit Bex horum.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
838). The word rex meaning "patron" is found Capt. 92 and Stick. 445, and recurs in Juvenal^ for the historic glutton who dined in sohtary state off "the choicest dainties of land and sea. " The most important passage in this respect is Men. 571-601, where the first Menaechmus laments the irresistible impulse which sets every man of wealth to collect as many "chents" as possible ; whether they were good or bad, poor or well to do, it mattered nothing, so long as he had a larger retinue of depen...dents than had his neighbours ; and he continually paid the price for his vanity by having to extricate his chents from the clutches of the lawcourt or the comitia when, by their excessive prochvity to perjury and usury, they found themselves in difficulties beyond their power to escape.
The parasite was a stock character in the New Comedy. He was a hanger-on with a view to being invited out to dinner. He was transferred to the Roman imitations of Greek comedy, ^ Optima siluarum interea pelagique uorahit Bex horum.
What to read after The Original Element in Plautus?
You can find similar books in the "Read Also" column, or choose other free books by K M Katharine Mary Westaway to read onlineMoreLess
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