Roman Comedy XVIII: Plautus’s Mostellaria, or I Ain’t Afraid of No Ghost

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Is the house haunted? Find out in Plautus’s Mostellaria.

Discussion Prompts
  1. How clever is Tranio really?
  2. AP Credit: Discuss status as we see it presented in this play.
  3. Is Tranio truly forgiven by Theopropides when this play ends?
  4. Why did Henry Thomas Riley insist on changing the names of characters in a manner that brings nothing new to his translations?
  5. How important is Philametium to the plot of this play?

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I have a BA in History and Classical Civilization from Loyola University Chicago and an MPH from Western Michigan University. I've been a geometry teacher, a religion teacher, a writing tutor. I'm a writer, a knitter, a dancer, a singer, an actor. And, yes, for fun I like to reread everything that was assigned while getting my classics degree.

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