Plautus
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Plautus was a Roman playwright of the Old Latin period, best known for his influential comedies that adapted and popularized Greek New Comedy for Roman audiences.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Plautus canonical | 8 |
| Titus Maccius Plautus | 1 |
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ancient Roman playwright
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comic playwright ⓘ dramatist ⓘ person ⓘ |
| canonicalStatus | major author of Roman comedy ⓘ |
| citizenship | Roman Republic ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Roman Republic ⓘ |
| culture | Ancient Roman culture ⓘ |
| era | 3rd–2nd century BCE ⓘ |
| familyName | Plautus self-link ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
comedy
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drama ⓘ theatre ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| genre |
comedy
ⓘ
theatre ⓘ |
| givenName | Titus ⓘ |
| influenced |
Ben Jonson
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Molière ⓘ Terence ⓘ William Shakespeare ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
New Comedy
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surface form:
Greek New Comedy
Menander ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | Latin ⓘ |
| literaryTradition | Latin literature ⓘ |
| movement | Roman comedy ⓘ |
| name |
Plautus
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Titus Maccius Plautus
|
| nativeLanguage | Old Latin ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Amphitruo
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Asinaria ⓘ Aulularia ⓘ Bacchides ⓘ Captivi ⓘ Casina ⓘ Cistellaria ⓘ Curculio ⓘ Epidicus ⓘ Menaechmi ⓘ Miles Gloriosus ⓘ Mostellaria ⓘ Pseudolus ⓘ Rudens ⓘ Trinummus ⓘ |
| occupation |
comic poet
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playwright ⓘ |
| styleCharacteristic |
extensive wordplay
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lively dialogue ⓘ musical elements in plays ⓘ use of stock comic characters ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
Old Latin
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surface form:
Old Latin period
|
Referenced by (9)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.