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Truculentus: The Fierce One

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The play "Truculentus" provides an introduction to the world of Roman comedy from one of its best practitioners, Plautus. As with all Focus translations, the emphasis is on an inexpensive, readable edition that is close to the original, with an extensive introduction, notes and appendices.

183 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 1, 2010

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Plautus

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Titus Maccius Plautus (c. 254 – 184 BC), commonly known as Plautus, was a Roman playwright of the Old Latin period. His comedies are the earliest works in Latin literature to have survived in their entirety. He wrote Palliata comoedia, the genre devised by the innovator of Latin literature, Livius Andronicus. The word Plautine refers to both Plautus's own works and works similar to or influenced by his.

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March 16, 2021
Sardonic low comedy. Whores fleece fools.
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May 27, 2022
Truculentus???? La comedia de tu madre más por si acaso pero más bien diría la comedia de las prostitutas astutas me han caído muy bien
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April 7, 2025
Buen drama, sin final feliz, incluso menos que los Cautivos. Personajes inmorales, la meretriz es un personaje moralmente horrendo, sin ningún tipo de escrúpulos, cínico, casi psicópata, y sabe que está haciendo el mal, Truculento otro personaje atípico, no es el típico esclavo plautino pícaro y entregado sino que es grosero. Me ha gustado bastante, me parece que tiene bastante profundidad, entiendo que Cicerón dijese que Plauto la tenía en tal estima, a pesar de que pueda sorprender por ser una de las menos leídas.
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January 2, 2026
Phronesium was the first female gold digger, and I respect that

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