Pseudolus
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Pseudolus is a comedic play by the Roman playwright Plautus, centered on a clever slave who uses wit and trickery to outsmart his masters and rivals.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
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| Pseudolus (character in A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum) | 1 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
ancient Roman comedy
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stage play ⓘ work by Plautus ⓘ |
| approximateDateOfComposition | 3rd–2nd century BCE ⓘ |
| author | Plautus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| centralConflict | freeing Phoenicium from the pimp Ballio ⓘ |
| characterRoleOfPseudolus | clever slave ⓘ |
| containsMotif |
clever slave outwitting master
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deception and disguise ⓘ young lover and courtesan ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Ancient Rome NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dramaticType | New Comedy tradition ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter |
Ballio
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Calidorus NERFINISHED ⓘ Harpax NERFINISHED ⓘ Phoenicium NERFINISHED ⓘ Pseudolus NERFINISHED ⓘ Simo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
comedy
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fabula palliata ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation | A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCourtesanCharacter | Phoenicium GENERATED ⓘ |
| hasPimpCharacter | Ballio NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasTitleCharacter | Pseudolus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasYoungLoverCharacter | Calidorus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenced |
Renaissance drama
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later European comedy ⓘ |
| language | Latin ⓘ |
| literaryForm | verse drama ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | Roman Republic NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| literaryTradition | Latin literature ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Pseudolus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| meter | varied Roman comic meters ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person dramatic ⓘ |
| originalAudience | Roman public ⓘ |
| originalMedium | theatrical performance ⓘ |
| partOf | Plautine corpus ⓘ |
| plotSummary | A clever slave helps his young master free a courtesan from a pimp by outwitting their rivals. ⓘ |
| preservationStatus | extant ⓘ |
| protagonistOccupation | household slave ⓘ |
| protagonistTrait |
clever
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trickster ⓘ |
| settingLocation | Athens NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| theme |
love
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slavery ⓘ social inversion ⓘ trickery ⓘ |
| workOf | Titus Maccius Plautus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Pseudolus in A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (1996 Broadway revival)
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Pseudolus (character in A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum)