Plautus
a Roman comedian. Born about 254 B. C. His parents were peasants. He appears to have come to Rome to find employment as a stage carpenter. He is credited with 130 comedies. Twenty are still extant. English names for some of his plays are Pot of Gold, Comedy of Errors, Threepenny Bit, The Carpetbag. These names are such as would have suited a London audience 2,000 years later. Plautus' Captivi is a favorite college classic. A few quotations from Plautus may be of interest:
What is yours is mine.
Patience is the best remedy.
To blow and swallow at the same moment is not easy.
Whom the gods favor dies in youth.
Patience is the best remedy.
To blow and swallow at the same moment is not easy.
Whom the gods favor dies in youth.
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