Captivi
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Captivi is a Roman comedy by Plautus that centers on themes of identity, slavery, and loyalty through a plot of mistaken identities and role reversals.
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Roman comedy
ⓘ
play ⓘ |
| author | Plautus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| character |
Ergasilus
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Hegio NERFINISHED ⓘ Philocrates NERFINISHED ⓘ Philopolemus NERFINISHED ⓘ Tyndarus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Ancient Rome NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| feature |
absence of female characters
ⓘ
lack of romantic subplot ⓘ |
| firstPerformancePlace | Ancient Rome NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre | comedy ⓘ |
| hasManuscriptTradition | medieval manuscripts ⓘ |
| hasTranslation |
English
ⓘ
French ⓘ German ⓘ Italian ⓘ Spanish ⓘ |
| influenced | later European comedy ⓘ |
| isAbout |
relations between masters and slaves
ⓘ
war captives ⓘ |
| knownFor |
complex plot of mistaken identities
ⓘ
unusual seriousness for a Plautine comedy ⓘ |
| literaryForm | fabula palliata ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | Roman Republic NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| medium | theatre ⓘ |
| moralFocus |
critique of greed
ⓘ
praise of loyalty ⓘ |
| narrativeMode | stage dialogue ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Latin ⓘ |
| partOf | Plautus canon ⓘ |
| plotElement |
disguises
ⓘ
prisoner exchange ⓘ recognition scene ⓘ |
| setting | Aetolia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| studiedIn |
Latin literature courses
ⓘ
classical philology ⓘ theatre studies ⓘ |
| theme |
identity
ⓘ
loyalty ⓘ mistaken identity ⓘ role reversal ⓘ slavery ⓘ |
| workOf | Titus Maccius Plautus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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