Amphitruo
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Amphitruo is a Latin comedic play by Plautus that humorously blends mythology and farce, centering on Jupiter’s impersonation of the Theban general Amphitryon to seduce his wife Alcmena.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Latin play
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comedy ⓘ theatrical work ⓘ |
| author | Plautus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | Greek myth of Amphitryon and Alcmena ⓘ |
| centralTheme |
adultery
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deception ⓘ divine impersonation ⓘ identity confusion ⓘ |
| containsPrologueBy | Mercury NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dramaticForm | fabula palliata ⓘ |
| dramaticStructure | divided into acts and scenes in modern editions ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter |
Alcmena
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Amphitryon NERFINISHED ⓘ Jupiter NERFINISHED ⓘ Mercury NERFINISHED ⓘ Sosia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
comedy
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farce ⓘ mythological comedy ⓘ |
| hasDoubleOfHusband | Jupiter disguised as Amphitryon ⓘ |
| hasDoubleOfServant | Mercury disguised as Sosia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasServantCharacter | Sosia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
comic treatment of war heroism
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marital fidelity tested by divine intervention ⓘ power imbalance between gods and mortals ⓘ |
| includesDeity |
Jupiter
NERFINISHED
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Mercury NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenced |
Heinrich von Kleist's "Amphitryon"
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Molière's "Amphitryon" NERFINISHED ⓘ later European treatments of the Amphitryon myth ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | Roman comedy ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | Roman Republic NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| literaryTradition | Roman adaptation of Greek New Comedy elements ⓘ |
| mainFemaleProtagonist | Alcmena NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainMaleMortalProtagonist | Amphitryon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
comic treatment of Olympian gods
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early example of tragicomedy in Latin literature ⓘ mixing tragedy and comedy elements ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Latin ⓘ |
| plotDevice |
double characters
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mistaken identity ⓘ |
| plotSummary | Jupiter impersonates Amphitryon to seduce his wife Alcmena ⓘ |
| settingPlace | Thebes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| survivesAs | complete Latin text ⓘ |
| timeOfComposition | 3rd–2nd century BCE ⓘ |
| workOf | Titus Maccius Plautus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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