Curculio

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ancient Roman comedy stage play work by Plautus

Curculio is a comedic play by the Roman playwright Plautus, known for its lively plot involving deception, love, and mistaken identities.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient Roman comedy ⓘ
stage play ⓘ
work by Plautus ⓘ
author Plautus NERFINISHED ⓘ
centralTheme deception ⓘ
love ⓘ
mistaken identity ⓘ
social satire ⓘ
containsElement farce ⓘ
stock characters ⓘ
wordplay ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Ancient Rome NERFINISHED ⓘ
featuresCharacter Cappadox NERFINISHED ⓘ
Curculio (parasite) NERFINISHED ⓘ
Leaena NERFINISHED ⓘ
Lyco NERFINISHED ⓘ
Palinurus NERFINISHED ⓘ
Phaedromus NERFINISHED ⓘ
Planesia NERFINISHED ⓘ
Therapontigonus NERFINISHED ⓘ
genre comedy ⓘ
hasApproximateDate early 2nd century BCE ⓘ
hasPrologueSpeaker Prologus (personified prologue) NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasStructure prologue and multiple acts ⓘ
hasTitleInEnglish The Weevil NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasWorkType theatrical comedy ⓘ
influenced later European comic drama ⓘ
involvesMotif clever slave or parasite outwitting social superiors ⓘ
military braggart figure ⓘ
recognition through tokens ⓘ
languageStyle colloquial Latin ⓘ
literaryForm fabula palliata ⓘ
literaryPeriod Roman Republic NERFINISHED ⓘ
meter varied Roman comic meters ⓘ
namedAfter Curculio (parasite character) ⓘ
originalLanguage Latin ⓘ
partOf Plautine corpus ⓘ
plotElement attempt to free a courtesan from a pimp ⓘ
forged letter ⓘ
trick involving a signet ring ⓘ
preservedIn medieval manuscript tradition ⓘ
setting Epidaurus NERFINISHED ⓘ
Rome NERFINISHED ⓘ
studiedIn classical philology ⓘ
survivesAs complete Latin text ⓘ
taughtIn Latin literature courses ⓘ

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Plautus → notableWork → Curculio ⓘ