Rudens
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Rudens is an ancient Roman comedy by the playwright Plautus, known for its shipwreck plot, seaside setting, and themes of mistaken identity and social justice.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Latin-language play
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ancient Roman comedy ⓘ play ⓘ |
| approximateDateOfComposition | early 2nd century BCE ⓘ |
| author | Plautus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOnTraditionOf | Greek New Comedy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| containsMotif |
lost-and-found tokens
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recognition through tokens ⓘ rescued courtesan ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Ancient Rome NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter |
Ampelisca
NERFINISHED
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Arcturus NERFINISHED ⓘ Daemones NERFINISHED ⓘ Gripus NERFINISHED ⓘ Labrax NERFINISHED ⓘ Palaestra NERFINISHED ⓘ Ptolemocratia NERFINISHED ⓘ Sceparnio NERFINISHED ⓘ Trachalio NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
New Comedy adaptation
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comedy ⓘ |
| hasLatinTitleMeaning | The Rope NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasModernAdaptations |
stage adaptations
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translations into modern languages ⓘ |
| hasPrologueBy | Arcturus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isStudiedIn |
Latin literature
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classical philology ⓘ theatre history ⓘ |
| literaryForm | verse drama ⓘ |
| locationInPlautusCorpus | one of Plautus’s later plays GENERATED ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus |
legal dispute over ownership of the girls
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rescue of enslaved young women ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Latin ⓘ |
| plotElement |
mistaken identity
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shipwreck ⓘ |
| setting |
seashore
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seaside town in Cyrene ⓘ |
| survivesAs | complete Latin text ⓘ |
| theme |
abuse of power
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family reunion ⓘ recognition and identity ⓘ slavery and freedom ⓘ social justice ⓘ |
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