Cistellaria
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Cistellaria is an ancient Roman comedy by the playwright Plautus, known for its intricate plot involving mistaken identities and a lost casket.
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Latin-language play
ⓘ
ancient Roman comedy ⓘ play ⓘ |
| author | Plautus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | lost Greek New Comedy model ⓘ |
| belongsToCorpus | Plautine comedies NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| centralPlotDevice |
lost casket
ⓘ
tokens of recognition ⓘ |
| characterIn |
Alcesimarchus
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Demipho NERFINISHED ⓘ Gymnasium ⓘ Halisca NERFINISHED ⓘ Lampadio NERFINISHED ⓘ Melaenis NERFINISHED ⓘ Selenium NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Ancient Rome NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre | New Comedy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCharacterType |
courtesan (meretrix)
ⓘ
old man (senex) ⓘ parasite ⓘ young lover (adulescens) ⓘ |
| hasMotif |
courtesan with a heart of gold
ⓘ
exposed infant ⓘ recognition by tokens ⓘ |
| hasPart |
five-act structure (in later division)
ⓘ
prologue ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
family reunion
ⓘ
legitimacy and birth ⓘ lost child ⓘ marriage arrangements ⓘ mistaken identity ⓘ parent–child relationships ⓘ recognition ⓘ romantic love ⓘ social status ⓘ |
| influencedBy | Greek New Comedy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | Latin ⓘ |
| literaryForm | verse comedy ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | Roman Republic NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| meterUsed | various Roman comic meters ⓘ |
| originalTitleLanguage | Latin ⓘ |
| partOf | Latin school curricula (historically) ⓘ |
| setting | a Greek city ⓘ |
| studiedIn | classical philology ⓘ |
| survivalStatus | partially preserved ⓘ |
| timeOfComposition | 3rd–2nd century BCE ⓘ |
| titleMeaning | The Little Casket NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| workOf | Titus Maccius Plautus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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