Aulularia

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Aulularia is an ancient Roman comedy by Plautus, best known for its plot about a miser and his hidden pot of gold, which later inspired works like Molière’s "The Miser."

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instanceOf Latin play
ancient Roman comedy
alternateEnglishTitle The Pot of Gold NERFINISHED
approximateDate early 2nd century BCE
author Plautus NERFINISHED
basedOn lost Greek model
centralObject hidden pot of gold
centralTheme fear of loss
greed
miserliness
containsMotif marriage negotiations
misers and hidden treasure
suspicion and paranoia
culturalOrigin Roman NERFINISHED
featuresCharacter Euclio NERFINISHED
Megadorus NERFINISHED
Phaedria NERFINISHED
genre comedy
hasCharacterType clever slave or servant figures
miser stock character
hasMissingPortions ending
parts of later acts
hasModernAdaptation television and radio adaptations
various stage adaptations
hasScholarlyDebateOn extent of Greek source material
reconstruction of missing ending
hasTheme class and wealth
family relations
social satire
influenced European comedy of manners
later depictions of misers in European literature
inspiredAuthor Molière NERFINISHED
inspiredWork The Miser NERFINISHED
isTaughtAlongside other plays of Plautus
literaryForm fabula palliata
literaryPeriod Roman Republic NERFINISHED
meter various Roman comic meters
originalLanguage Latin
partOf Plautine corpus NERFINISHED
preservedIn medieval manuscripts
setting Athens NERFINISHED
studiedIn Latin literature courses
classical philology
textualState partially preserved
titleMeaning The Little Pot NERFINISHED

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Plautus notableWork Aulularia