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Rome and the mysterious Orient : three plays by Plautus /
Still funny after two thousand years, the Roman playwright Plautus wrote around 200 B.C.E., a period when Rome was fighting neighbors on all fronts. These three plays tap into the mix of fear, loathing, and curiosity with which cultures, particularly Western and Eastern cultures, often view each oth...
| Cote: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Format: | Électronique eBook |
| Langue: | Inglés Latín |
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Berkeley :
University of California Press,
c2005.
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| Accès en ligne: | Texto completo |
| Résumé: | Still funny after two thousand years, the Roman playwright Plautus wrote around 200 B.C.E., a period when Rome was fighting neighbors on all fronts. These three plays tap into the mix of fear, loathing, and curiosity with which cultures, particularly Western and Eastern cultures, often view each other, always a productive source of comedy. |
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| Description matérielle: | 1 online resource (xiv, 288 p. ) |
| Bibliographie: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 273-281) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780520938229 0520938224 1423745469 9781423745464 1282763105 9781282763104 9786612763106 6612763108 |